February 7, 2007
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY:
Exasperated House bypasses Senate on Iraq (Alex Johnson, 2/06/07, MSNBC)
House leaders got fed up with waiting around for the Senate to act and decided Tuesday to go ahead with their own vote on a resolution opposing President Bush's plan to add 21,500 U.S. troops in Iraq. [...]NBC's Mike Viqueira reported that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had agreed to a personal request from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to let the Senate go first in recognition of the role that anti-war sentiment played in Democrats' winning control of the Senate in November.
But with senators unable to agree even on whether to debate the issue, much less vote on a resolution, Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., seized the initiative Tuesday and scheduled a House vote for next week.
Is the 100 hours of Democratic world dominance officially over yet? Posted by Orrin Judd at February 7, 2007 8:09 AM
The White House must be laughing. But I'll bet Boehner is going to be sweating, because he has to find a way for the GOP to show some unity on voting against defeatism. Shays and a few other Republicans will vote for anything that shows their 'independence', but how will the Blue Dogs vote?
Posted by: jim hamlen at February 7, 2007 10:24 AMSince this is really nothing more than an over-hyped photo op, all non-RHINO GOP'ers should simply not show up to vote at all, making the case that such a resolution is a horrible disgrace to the chamber itself and doesn't even deserve the ridiculous formality of a vote. If the Dems want the limelight while shooting themselves in the foot, why steal any of it?
Posted by: JR at February 7, 2007 10:41 AMTrackBack
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