My Way News - House Pitches New Iraq Plan

My Way News - House Pitches New Iraq Plan: "House Democrats want to provide a bill that supports the troops, but not give Bush a blank check on the deeply unpopular and costly war. Further complicating matters, several House liberals oppose funding the war at all while other more conservative Democrats are reluctant to tie strings to a bill needed by the troops. The new version is likely to meet resistance in the Senate. Several Senate Democrats said they would oppose a short-term funding bill because it leaves open the question of whether troops will get the resources they need after July. 'There's the question of why it wasn't fully funded,' said Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. If the House version of the bill fails in conference with the Senate, Democratic leaders say their members will have other chances to affect Iraq policy. Party leaders have pointed to the 2008 defense authorization bill, which helps to set Pentagon policy, as well as the 2008 appropriations bills. However, that plan could meet resistance by members reluctant to watch their carefully crafted bills sink under a presidential veto. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has drafted a defense authorization bill that requires U.S. officials to report on progress made on the war. But according to a panel aide familiar with the draft, the bill so far does not include a tough" Let's see, has 100 hours passed yet? Couldn't have, because Pelosi said her congress would fix all of our problems by then. Last I checked, they hadn't done a thing. I thought April marked the first 100 days? I am so confused... I feel like a democrat.