Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush's new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate.
In a letter distributed yesterday evening to Senate leaders, John W. Warner (Va.), Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and five other GOP supporters of the resolution threatened to attach their measure to any bill sent to the floor in the coming weeks. Noting that the war is the "most pressing issue of our time," the senators declared: "We will explore all of our options under the Senate procedures and practices to ensure a full and open debate."
The fact that over 70% of the American people want change in Iraq seems to be less important than political posturing. Unfortunately, this is a debate that should have happened in February 2003 BEFORE THE INVASION!!!
2 comments:
I agree that this debate should have taken place then, and democrats should have pressed important questions. I also agree that the US president lacks powers to get a war started, and then have congress shut its eyes and mouths and just write checks.
Are these guys flip-flopping, or just flipping?
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