Where do our members come out on this idea? Should we abandon our military and let them be in even greater harm's way because even without a majority vote on this in the Senate, it will send the enemey all the ammuntion they need to kill as many of them as they can before withdrawal is possible. It will takes at least a couple months to withdraw. That signal would place every soldier, sailor and marine in Iraq into instant jeopardy, whether it passes or not.
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Feingold Pushes Plan to Cut Off War Funds
By: John Bresnahan
January 25, 2007 06:57 PM EST
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., has scheduled a hearing next Tuesday in his Judiciary Committee subcommittee to explore whether Congress has the authority to cut off funding for the U.S. military campaign in Iraq. The move comes as Congress prepares to vote on a congressional resolution opposing President Bush's escalation of the war.
Feingold, a fierce war critic, will force Democrats to consider an option many consider politically suicidal: denying funds to the military and U.S. soldiers to force a quicker end to the war. Democratic leaders have privately called on members to restrain from cutting off funding and focus on congressional resolutions condemning the Bush policy. The resolutions are nonbinding and therefore symbolic.
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