In the face of all public opposition, Democrats blinked, selling out their MoveOn buddies. Senate and House leaders caved to reality, pulled Pelosi's "Preemptive Surrender Bill", and instead passed a bill that funds the Iraq War through the end of the fiscal year and does not include a withdrawal timetable. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama voted against funding our troops in the field, even while most of their peers voted right.Why did they do that? Simple: they're terrified of MoveOn. They know that their far left "friends" will do all they can to ruin their Presidential hopes if they don't sell out American troops to al Qaeda. The "Blame America First" crowd's appetite for defeat is insatiable, and they have the power to pull Presidential candidates' strings.
Congress sent President Bush a new FY 2007 Iraq War emergency supplemental funding bill on May 24. This bill, unlike the vetoed version, does not contain withdrawal timetables or deadlines opposed by The American Legion. The measure does include benchmarks that the Iraqi government must meet to continue receiving non-military U.S. aid, but President Bush may waive the aid “cutoff” provision.
The Senate approved the bill by a bipartisan vote of 80 to 14 and in the House of Representatives the bill was approved by a bipartisan vote of 280 to 142. President Bush has announced he will sign the $120 billion package. This package funds the war effort until the end of the fiscal year. The bill provides around $100 billion to continue our military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill included approximately $1.8 billion for VA medical care and $3.3 billion for DOD medical care.
There is nonmilitary spending in the bill. This spending includes $6.4 billion for Gulf Coast hurricane recovery efforts and $3 billion in emergency aid to farmers, for relief from drought and other natural disasters. An additional $1 billion pays for port and mass-transit security upgrades. The bill contains children's health-care funding for $650 million plus other domestic spending such as state HIV grant programs, mine safety research, youth violence prevention activities and pandemic flu protection. About $3 billion funds the conversion of U.S. military bases that are scheduled to close. [Composed from news sources, the American Legion & TheVanguard.org]
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