Re: 132 House Republicans effectively vote to kill war funding bill

Major Debacle <Major_Debacle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> used a stick in the sand to
babble
>Horatio Fudruckerton wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:33 -0700, The Pope Wears Prada
>> <The_Pope@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>>> This is interesting. Today, 132 House Republicans voted "present" in
an 
>>> up or down vote to approve Bush's request for $162.5 billion for the 
>>> wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This allowed the bill to be defeated 
>>> 148-141, with 146 Democrats voting against it.
>>>
>>>
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121088161312296299.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Makes one wonder what kind of ****k the liberals tried to sneak through
>> on the bill.  Must have really been excessive.
>> 
>
>Then why didn't those 132 Republi****s have the nads to vote 'no'?

They were supposedly protesting some domestica spending the Dems
included in the legislation.  Apparently it's ok to ****p dollars to
Iraq in boxcar lots, but god forbid the government should spend at
home.

Swill
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