The Cave in America Bill passes House

Here we go again. Another vote in the House that won’t mean a damn thing, The House is out of touch with reality, out of touch with the true American value of victory, out of touch with what it means to be an American, when loosing is not an option and victory for democracy & freedom is every human beings god given birth right.Tying PORK FAT to a military funding bills is sickening & is lowdown, underhanded politics at its worst. Putting 4% ($20Bil) for DOMISTIC spending??? What does that tell the American public? It tells them you REAL don’t give two shits about those in the theater.-LNN

WASHINGTON - A sharply divided (Democratic controlled) House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy. Ignoring a White House veto threat, lawmakers voted 218-212, mostly along party lines, for a binding war spending bill requiring that combat operations cease before September 2008, or earlier if the Iraqi government does not meet certain requirements. Democrats said it was time to heed the mandate of their election sweep last November, which gave them control of Congress.
WOW a whopping 6 vote margin, who in the hell see this as some kind of victory?-LNN

"The American people have lost faith in the president's conduct of this war," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. "The American people see the reality of the war, the president does not."…
The roll call also marked a triumph for Pelosi., who labored in recent days to bring together a Democratic caucus deeply divided over the war. Some of the party's more liberal members voted against the bill because they said it would not end the war immediately, while more conservative Democrats said they were reluctant to take away flexibility from generals in the field.Republicans were almost completely unified in their fight against the bill, which they said was tantamount to admitting failure in Iraq."The stakes in Iraq are too high and the sacrifices made by our military personnel and their families too great to be content with anything but success," said Republican Whip Roy Blunt R-Mo.Voting for the bill were 216 Democrats and two Republicans — Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland and Walter Jones of North Carolina. (Closet Liberals) Of the 212 members who opposed the bill, 198 were Republicans and 14 were Democrats.The bill marks the first time Congress has used its budget power to try to end the war, now in its fifth year, by attaching the withdrawal requirements to a bill providing $124 billion to finance military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of this year. Excluding the funds in the House-passed bill, Congress has so far provided more than $500 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including about $350 billion for Iraq alone. Across the Capitol, the Senate planned to debate as early as Monday legislation that also calls for a troop withdrawal — and has also drawn a Bush veto threat.That $122 billion measure would require that Bush begin bringing home an unspecified number of troops within four months with the goal of getting all combat troops out by March 31, 2008. Unlike the House bill's 2008 date, the Senate deadline is not a firm requirement.
Note the year-LNN
While Friday's House vote represented Democrats' latest ratcheting up of political pressure on Bush, they still face long odds of ultimately being able to force a troop withdrawal.And should lawmakers send Bush a compromise House-Senate measure, both chambers would need two-thirds majorities to override him — margins that neither seems likely to be able to muster.In Friday's House debate, Democrats said it was time for them to begin influencing the war's path."The American public expects, the Congress of the United States, to do something," said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. "Not simply to say 'yes' to failed policies, but to on their behalf, speak out and try to take us in a new direction."Argument that was aided when they added more than $20 billion in domestic spending in an effort to lure votes. California Democrats Lynn Woolsey, Diane Watson, Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters said they would help round up support for the bill despite their intention to personally vote against it because it would not end the war immediately. "If you want peace, stop funding this war," said Rep. Dennis KucinichDennis Kucinich' D-Ohio.
If you want peace Mr Kucinich VICTORY is the ONLY way. -LNN
"Approval of it means we vote to abandon Iraq at an arbitrary time no matter the situation, said Republican Rep. Ted Poe. It's also "loaded with squealing pork that has nothing to do with our troops or the war," added Poe, R-Texas, referring to the billions of dollars added to the bill to fund domestic programs and attract votes. But members said Pelosi was able to convince liberal members of her caucus that the legislation was their best shot at challenging Bush on the war even if it fails to become law.