Posted on 04/09/2007 2:24:57 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi's Office Calls GOP Demand for Action on Iraq Bill 'Political Stunt'
Monday , April 09, 2007
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office charged Monday that Republicans had engaged in a "cheap political stunt" when they sent her a letter accusing Democrats of stalling on passage of the critical war funding bill.
The spat is over the current bill Congress is considering to pay for ongoing efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also includes money for Gulf Coast recovery and farming initiatives. Both the House and Senate have passed versions of the bill — the House version is $124 billion and the Senate version is $122 billion — but House and Senate negotiators need to agree on the final version before it can be sent to the president.
President Bush has threatened to veto any bill that sets timetables for troop withdrawal from Iraq — and both versions include dates that set timeframes for just that.
"Congress has an obligation to our troops in the field to move this emergency security funding measure to the president as quickly as possible," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement Monday.
McConnell, R-Ky., blamed House leadership for the delays.
"Senate Republicans are prepared to send a clean bill to the president for his signature, yet inaction by the House is preventing Congress from moving forward to fund our men and women on the ground," McConnell said.
McConnell also joined other Republicans in sending a letter to the California House leader, calling on her to order the House back into session before its scheduled back-to-work date next week. The letter criticized Pelosi over not yet naming House negotiators, even though the Senate named its negotiators the day it passed its version of the bill.
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Pot, meet kettle.
Pelosi thy name is traitor
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
No, no. Not a cheap political stunt!
Such nasty talk, Nazi. What happened to that aura of civility you were going to usher in?
This is what irritates me so badly. Just like a bunch of little kids on the playground. How in the world they can hold their heads up is beyond me. I guess they think everyone is too stupid to see their childish games. A bunch of loosers if you ask me.
“The spat... .”
appropriate term...could have used “cat fight” too.
Pelosi’s manhood is being stepped on, and she’s whining.
Funding the troopos is a Political stunt? Geez Louise your accumen is distorted.
No going to Syria was a Cheap Political Stunt that backfired. The Dems Hate our Troops!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
You’re a baby!
No, you’re a baby!
No, you’re a baby!
Am not!
Are too!
And little known...the money for Walter Reed that everyone is screaming about:
The Senate's war-funding bill includes $20 million for maintenance and operations at Walter Reed. It would require the Department of Defense to submit a report within 30 days of the bill's enactment detailing the agency's plans for maintaining quality care at Walter Reed during the transition to Bethesda and a timeline for doing so.
We don’t need lectures on ethics and political stunts from a D’Alessandro.
That would be a perfect Scrappleface headline.
Well......she is an expert in recognizing Political Stunts after all........ ;>)
sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
neener neener neener
This from the office of a cheap political slut.
Oh yeah
well...well you’re a big poopy head and I’m telling mama.
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