It’s starting to look like the Democrats are going to wuss out on the Iraq Accountability Act. As a fellow Progressive, I strongly urge you to call your Congressman / Congresswoman today and demand, as an American citizen, for them to stand their ground and stop letting George W. Bush bully the Country into giving him more money for his cronies. Until he shores up the military by giving them the equipment they need, the training they need, and the medical care they need when they come home, there will be no more money for his Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL). Enough is enough. We have the responsibility, whether we like it or not and whether we want it or not to take back our government and take back our country. I love America, but I hate what’s being done to her. The President, Vice-President, Attorney General, Secretary of State and others must be impeached now. Do NOT take this “off the table”. What do we need to get things straightened out? A full scale, honest to God REVOLUTION? - Jim Swanson, Blue Herald

Now the story…….

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders planned to brief party members Tuesday on new legislation that would fund the Iraq war through July, then give Congress the option of cutting off money after that if conditions do not improve.

If members agree to back the plan as expected, a vote on the new war spending bill could come as early as this week. The proposal, pitched last week by Rep. David Obey (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis., was first disclosed Thursday by The Associated Press.

White House spokesman Tony Snow on Tuesday called the approach “just bad management.”

“We think it is appropriate to be able to give commanders what they are going to need, and also forces in the field, so that you can make long-term decisions in trying to build the mission,” Snow said.

Congressional Republicans immediately dismissed the Democratic proposal as unfairly rationing funds needed in combat and said their members would not support it.

Democrats “should not treat our men and women in uniform like they are children who are getting a monthly allowance,” said Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, his party’s leader.

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