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

Horatio Fudruckerton wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 00:32:12 -0400, Governor Swill
> <governor.swill@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> What...........they wanted to build another bridge to nowhere ?

No, they wanted to update veterans' benefits.