Dem Leader: It's Not 'Practical' to Stop War-Funding Vote

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Dem Leader: It's Not 'Practical' to Stop War-Funding Vote By Josiah Ryan CNSNews.com Staff Writer May 09, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told Cybercast News Service Thursday that he does not think it would be "practical" to stop the war in Iraq simply by not allowing a war-funding bill to come up for a vote on the House floor, something that it is within his power as Majority Leader to do.

Hoyer also said that the troops in harm's way in Iraq need support from Congress.

"I don't personally believe it's a practical alternative not to put a bill on the floor and not to let the House of Representatives work its will on what it wants to do on this issue," Hoyer told Cybercast News Service .

"Secondly, of course, a significant majority of the votes on the floor believe that while the troops are in harm's way we will support them," he said. "But there is also a majority on the floor that wants to change the policy and redeploy them."

According to House rules, Hoyer could terminate funding for the war by omitting war-funding legislation from the floor schedule of the House of Representatives. Were Hoyer to do this, a war-funding bill could only come up for a vote if a majority of the House members-218-signed a discharge petition over-riding the authority of the House leadership.

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did he check with Major Colonel Commander Pelosi on this??

[Eurale]

Foreign policy vs. funding. Our brave children are in the cross hairs of political hacks and Marxist sympathizers.

[Edgerunner]

There are no children in combat! Our BRAVE men and women...

[mewzilla]

Note to ‘Rat voters: So much for principle, eh? Still think character don’t count...?

[JoanneSD]

Exactly Pelosi should of been consulted on this.. it was one of her campaign issues, along with the common sense approach to gas prices...I can only guess the common sense plan for gas was to double it, as that is what is happening..