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| Senate to vote on Iraq pullout: Cut and Run v. Cut and Jog |
| 2006-06-22 |
| Other Republicans characterized the difference between the two plans as "cut and run" or "cut and jog," saying both will only alert the insurgents to the United States game plan. "Armchair generals in Washington are advocating retreat," said Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas. Some senators decried the partisan bickering. "My soul cries out for something more dignified," said Sen. Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat. His fellow Nebraskan, Republican Chuck Hagel, agreed. The war is the "defining issue on which Congress will be judged," he said. "It should be taken more seriously. It should not be held hostage by political agendas. Our men and women fighting and dying deserve better." Senate Rejects Calls on Iraq Troop Pullout The GOP-controlled Senate on Thursday rejected Democratic calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq by years' end, as the two parties sought to define their election-year positions on a war that has grown increasingly unpopular. "Withdrawal is not an option. Surrender is not a solution," declared Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, who characterized Democrats as defeatists wanting to abandon Iraq before the mission is complete. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada, in turn, portrayed Republican leaders as blindly following President Bush's "failed" stay-the-course strategy. "It is long past time to change course in Iraq and start to end the president's open-ended commitment," he said. In an 86-13 vote, the Senate turned back a proposal from some Democrats that would require the administration to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by July 1, 2007, with redeployments beginning this year. No Republicans voted in favor of the plan. Minutes later, the Senate rejected by 60-39 the proposal more popular with Democrats, a nonbinding resolution that would call for the administration to begin withdrawing troops, but with no timetable for the war's end. That vote was mostly along party lines. |
| Posted by:KBK |
| #10 John Fn Kerry may be skiing in New Zealand. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-06-22 18:54 |
| #9 Apparently Rockerfeller was out of the country on a "fact-making" mission, and wasn't there to vote. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-06-22 18:51 |
| #8 Jay Rocky-feller |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-22 17:56 |
| #7 "My soul cries out for something more dignified," They sound more the ancient Roman Senate every day. Hey, President Bush, how about a decimation of the senatorial ranks? |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2006-06-22 14:57 |
| #6 60-39 Good. 99 each time.... anyone say present please? Or sickly? Who? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-22 14:38 |
| #5 Murtha is opposed by a fine candidate, Diana Irey. If you're sick and tired of Murtha, she deserves your support. Murtha is also a big pork guy, and rumors abound about his connection to Abscam and to current investigations of improper influence. There are a lot of reasons to retire this Congressman. And... now that we've had about a thousand votes not to withdraw, can we quit voting a get on to other business? |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2006-06-22 14:25 |
| #4 Who would have thought that many Senators were so far out of the "mainstream". I pray every day that Gore and Kerry will run again in 2008. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-06-22 13:58 |
| #3 His district is mostly USW, UMW and PSEAA union members. He'll win. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-06-22 13:58 |
| #2 When is that shitbag Murtha up for re-election? Doesn't he have a mostly rural area in Penn? How the hell does he expect to be the majority leader, or whip or whatever he wants to be if he gets the boot? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-22 13:56 |
| #1 This is a serious blow to Okinawa's economy. |
| Posted by: Matt 2006-06-22 13:52 |