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Subscribe to RSSNBC's Luke Russert reports the war supplemental bill has passed, 308-114. Of the 114 no votes, 102 of them were Democrats. That's more than triple the number of members of the president's party (32) that voted against it last year. It also means that more Republicans voted for it (160) than Democrats (148).
The bill contains $37 billion for the war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. It will be signed by President Obama as soon as is possible.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates had said the bill would have needed to pass by August to prevent the military from having to furlough employees to fund the war effort.
Here's the vote breakdown: 308 Yea (148 D, 160 R); 114 Nay (102 D, 12 R).
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I wonder what the vote would have been if they had taken it last week, before the release of all those documents. If there's one issue that democrats might be able to leverage to their advantage the fall elections, it's the war.
Anna,
It sure would have. Hello Houston, we have a problem!
Has anybody wondered why all these distractions are coming out now, just before election day. There are now 102 democrats that will have to explain themselves in November. I hope the voters are listening.
See you over at Newsvine.
This just makes me sick and ill. Obama has betrayed me as a voter. Obama has been an imposter...a puppet the covers the hand of WALL STREET; BIG OIL; and DOD WARS. Obama, the puppet for profiteers; starving the MASSES; impoverishing the MIDDLE CLASS. Please vote all incumbents out, even if you do not know who to vote for in Nov mid-term elections.
America can no longer afford a Foreign Policy of war(s).War only benefits defense contractors that are in bed with Pentagon officials. Now defense contractors talk about selling their kill toys to foreign countries because of the budget cuts. Go figure. Are they going to sell to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Horn of Africa, Iraq...YOU BETCHA. Because they have to create another reason for another war. I think we are in a lot of trouble. Our country is not going to survive all these self serving drainage systems of fraud-waste-abuse-ear marks-pork belly-special interestsat the expense of the Mass Backbone called the Middle Class.First and foremost I think we need to focus on National self sustaining strategies. We need to generate a kind of fervor of patriotism that 911 did for us...but longer than 24 hours. We need to focus on national survival. Maybe thru a new mindset of what is hip and cool will be a campaign of what will sustain America. I think we should draw in all our resources and have a sweeping game change. 1. We can not afford to be foreign aiders or Imperialists 2. We can not afford to be the world's police 3. We need to strengthen STATE rights for localized grass roots government involvement from all ma & pa's. 4. We need to change campaign finance and elections so ANYONE can run for office that wants to 5. If a student has a straight 3.0 average or higher, they should be able to go to University for free if their major is in high demand like Electrical-Chemical-Material Science-Nuclear Engineering(s)are for New Energy Innovations. 6. We need to make it abhorrent and shameful loss of face if a politician is self serving their personal agendas 7. We need to stop lobbyist activities and let the voters decide 8. All high school students have to serve 2 years in some public service such as Military or Peace Corp or CCC etc. 9. We are going to have to pull in our suburban sprawl and have localized communities of scale with localized food farms-greenhouses and trade goods. 10. Mass transit is going to have to connect those outlying localized communities thru (pantographed off dense grid) high speed rails into the larger cities. 11. AN ECONOMY BASED ON NEW SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES instead of Oligarchy Big Oil.12. We need to get the incumbents out of Congress and Senate. Too much of government make decisions outside citizen majority opinion.13. Middle Class pull out of Wall Street. Put your money in small localized FDIC credit unions and find other ways to create your own 401K.14. 10% tax across the board. Simplify this country's tax evasion schemes down to zilch. STRAIGHT across the board 10% tax....period...end of story.
See the votes:
www govtrack us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2010-474
I agree with you on voting out the professional politicians!
gantbarb:
You really have many good ideas and Obama hasn't betrayed you.
Congress is the entity that decides most all things, and nothing is getting done, period!! As long as the Greed Over People continue to obstruct everything, nothing can get accomplished!!
So quit your whining and let's get out and vote all the Greed Over People and the Dems who align with them OUT this year!! Then perhaps, just perhaps we can move forward instead of backwards which is where the Greed Over People want to go!!!!
I hate to say it,really,really,I do;but,"I Told You So,Robama Hood was lying"
Imagine that, a group of politicians selling their souls to get re-elected, and the Queen Hypocrite, PELOSI didn't even bother to show up to speak her side. I am so shocked. Just proves that they all have to go! Republicans/Democrats all professional politicians who are banking on the american for a life of prosperity by selling out the people they represent.
Vote these "BUMS" all out !!! Another expense we can't afford, and no one but John McCain cares about these crusades !
Nice to finally see President Obama, Congressional Democrats, and Congressional Republicans all in agreement for a change.
President Obama was just the lesser of two evils. His rhetoric gave the nation hope at a time that it was desperately needed. But his actions have fallen short...We needed an exceptionally strong leader to guide us out of the abyss that the Bush administration left us in. The Obama administration cowers to bullying critics rather than delivering on his promises. Yet Republicans offer nothing but a return and continuation of our decent into that same abyss. Claiming they are fiscally conservative while advocating the continuation of unfunded Bush tax cuts, which constituted the beginning of our economic downturn, their unfunded medicare program and supporting unfunded pre-emptive wars, they blame democratic spending for the unprecedented deficit they created. There seems to be no hope for a brighter future for this country since we are not offered any better choices to represent and fight for the best interests of this nation.
Sorry, pal, but change doesn't happen over night. It takes time. We live in a society that wants it all and wants it now. Unfortunately we can't have it all and we can't have it now. Compared to the other guys the Democrats and especially President Obama have done more to help ordinary Americans than anyone since the 1940s. The Republicans have not offered a way to pay for the war. No savings bonds as in past wars, no tax increase as in all past wars, no government hiring for the war effort like in the past. They want their little war but, since deficits don't matter to them, they don't want to pay for it. Unfortunately the Democrats, on the war issue, aren't much better.
Oh, brother. Please explain how Pres Obama lied about the Afghan war. He campaigned on finishing it, he never said he would just pull out without trying to finish it. He was against the Iraq War before he was a US Senator because it was a "dumb" war, an unnecessary war and one that took our eyes off Afghanistan. He promised to bring our troops home from Iraq and to finish the Afghan war. Those who claim he lied are wrong but apparently good at fooling themselves.
I do not like that we are still in Afghanistan but I see Pres Obama as keeping his campaign promise to try and finish that war that was ignored while Bush headed to Iraq. I believe that if this surge fails, Pres Obama will find a way to leave safely.
Wait if I believe right. I'm sure Bammy during his campaign against Bush preceding the election said that that swine Bush has gotten into the Afghan mess and that he was going to end a useless war. Now, he's suddenly sending more troops , needing more money and going on a crusade to defeat the Taliban. How long do we have to put up with these deceivers. Deceiving the electorate is the dirtiest trick any politician can pull off and the Bama and the DINS has all sorts of tricks up their sleeves. Well, the tricks have run out. It will all end in November.
Bush tax cuts saved our economy and his overthrow of the Taliban govt that sponsored 911 made us respected in the world. The Bama did nothing but appease the terrorist nations. You stupid DINOS.
Bush tax cuts did not save our economy. Where are the jobs the tax cuts were supposed to create? They were sent overseas to increase corporate profits. Our economy was in free-fall when Bush 43 left office due to his irresponsible spending and the republican's majority in congress (for 6 yrs.) that supported it. Democratic spineless leadership fails to right the situation. The Taliban did not sponsor 911. That was Al Queida ...both of which are often confused but are separate entities. Most importantly Bush's invasion of Iraq did NOT "make us respected in the world". Testerone is over-riding your evaluations.
Bush's illegal pre-emptive war doctrine destabilized the entire mideast and created more radicalized enemies than ever. The resulting anarchy that will continue in Iraq will claim more lives and misery than Sadam did. George H.W. Bush recognized that...and he avoided that mistake, refusing to eliminate Sadam. Additionally, Bush 41 recognized the dangers of expanding deficits and raised taxes because he was smarter than his "pandering to the base, half-wit, son". Loosing his bid for re-election, Bush 41 was held accountable for not keeping his word..."No new taxes...read my lips" because the nation failed to recognize that he was acting in their best interest. It's time that we judge our leaders by their actions rather than their party affiliation. There are good and bad leaders in both parties.
The "deceivers" will continue to deceive as long as the media fails to report the news without the spin that earns the highest ratings. Whether left or right, neither is the "right" choice. President Obama has delievered on his promises but fallen short on much of what he promised. The Taliban cannot be defeated in Afghanistan. The sooner we recognize that fact, the better.
Republican efforts to defeat democratic majorities will fail if they continue to offer nothing but a return to Bush 43 policies. The party that is perceived to be working in the best interests of this nation will prevail... and I'm not sure which that is, but the democratic party efforts to help middle-class Americans might do the trick
Both Democrats and Republicans are responsible for the passage of war funding. How's that Nobel Peace Prize determined again?? Many people are finally waking up and realizing the futility of these wars and the motivation for them. It is time to flush the corrupt sewage out of Congress!! Here's a novel idea; bring the troops home and convert tens of thousands of them to Border police and secure our borders!! Our southern borders are being over-run!! Let's start electing officials at local, state, and federal level that will follow the Constitution. If we fail to do this, we will decend into an all-out Fascist state!!!
I heard that the Bama is establishing a new department in the government. Its called:
The Department of Democratic Deception, staffed by Liars and Cheaters. Of which the Bama is the
Chief Liar -in - Charge, Deputy Liar -in - Charge Pelosi, and Propaganda Secretary Robert Glib.
JB:
Sorry, but the Greed Over People have dibs on that department!!!
They have lived on lies, hatred, racism, deceit, robbing, raping, cheating, and fear for decades.
Without those, they wouldn't have anything.........and they don't have anything even with them!!!!
They are the saddest group of Americans ever in the history of this country and will remain so as they continue to dismantle the middle class and make the poor even poorer!! Soon we will be a nation of the rich and the poor which is exactly what they want - the kings and their servants!!! To pad their pockets and the pockets of big business is the only concern for the Greed Over People!!! SAD!!!
I say get our soldiers out and send some prisoners on death row to airplane pilot schools and fill some planes with Afghani civilians, terror suspects, and other war criminals and fly them into every major city in that wasteland of a country.
We have an arsenal of weapons collecting dust that have been bought and paid for it's time to start dropping bombs and saving the lives of american soldiers. Iraq, Iran, N.Korea, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are prime targets. It is time to put up or shut up. We are hated in the world until some country has a natural disaster then they beg us for help. It is time to help americans at home in America not the countries that turn around and stab us in the back and never repay their debts.
This is a war that cannot be won; bring our troops home and use the supporting funds to stabilize the U.S. economy.
As for voting all incumbent politicians out; it's amazing how many people feel the same. I can hardly wait for the next election! Let's get real about dealing with the crime and stench emanating from Washington.