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House Democrats Pressed to Back War Supplemental
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... , D-Ohio, said most on his side are holding solid: From what I can see, people are concerned about going home and having to explain why they voted for the war when their constituents are opposed to it, and explain why they switched if they switch. But Woolsey suggested that arguments by Democratic leaders that lawmakers should support Obamas new strategy for Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan may prevail. People want to give the new president a chance on this, she said. Read more: http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-00... Which one of these is more likely to ...
Leadership Threatens Freshmen Who Won’t Vote For Supplemental
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Rep. Lynn Woolsey of California, a leader of the antiwar Democrats, said the White House is threatening to withdraw support from freshmen who oppose the bill, saying “you’ll never hear from us again.” She said the House leadership also is targeting the ...
Will 39 Democrats Stand Up to Stop the War Funding?
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... who have pledged to vote against continued funding (as 51 Democrats did in May when the supplemental was first voted on). But the White House is running into trouble now because of Republican opposition to some of the provisions added to the bill (and one removed), meaning the pro-war Democrats actually need a fair number of anti-war Democrats to switch sides. In short, the current battle will clearly reveal exactly how many Democrats actually oppose these wars. And, according to reports , the White House and Democratic Leadership have the gloves off in the fight: Rep. Lynn ...
Shame: The 'Anti-War' Democrats Who Sold Out
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... imploring it to speed passage of the war-spending bill. The rider would “unnecessarily complicate the essential objective of supporting the troops,” Obama wrote. In other words, Obama took a position that amounted to providing political cover to Democrats to support the war funding, while pledging to implement, through other means, the very policy they supposedly found objectionable. From the jump, the White House and Democratic Leadership had the gloves off in the fight. Consider this report from last week: Rep. Lynn Woolsey of California, a leader of the antiwar Democrats, ...
'The Responsible Left': Funding Obama's Expanding Wars
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... , this vote was a crucial test—because the White House and pro-war Democrats actually needed to get some ‘anti-war’ legislators to vote with them or the bill would have failed—in determining which Democrats have a spine when it comes to standing up to the war and which are just party operatives with their principles and votes up for political bidding. While the White House reportedly told some Democrats who voted against the war, “you’ll never hear from us again,” Obama has made it a point this week to intervene to defend those hypocritical “anti-war” legislators who voted ...
