Last night the Senate approved a $555 billion omnibus spending bill that includes $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There were no timetables for troop withdrawals in the bill.
Democrats had vowed only weeks ago to withhold any Iraq-specific money unless strict timelines for troop withdrawal were established, but they instead chose, on a 70 to 25 vote, to remove what appeared to be the final obstacle to sending the spending bill to the White House, where Bush has indicated he will sign it. Senators then passed the omnibus bill, 76 to 17.
The House must still approve the revised spending bill, with the unrestricted war funds, but Democrats there concede the measure is likely to pass behind strong Republican support.
It is amazing that ordinary men can't just use common sense about global warming. Cores from earth show the earth much hotter long ago. The dust bowl in our own country at the first of this century was not caused by man. All you humans that are so consumed with doomsday why wait around?
Posted by: David | December 21, 2007 at 02:34 PM