U.S. House debates Iraq troop surge
If you get snowed in today, there's always C-SPAN.
Seriously.
All day long, the public affairs network will be broadcasting members of the U.S. House taking turns speaking for or against a proposed resolution "disapproving" of President Bush's decision to send more than 20,000 additional troops into Iraq.
Just to make sure we are all on the same page here, take a look at the resolution. It's really not that complicated:
The Text of H. Con. Res. 63 follows:
Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That—
(1) Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and
(2) Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.
House Minority Leader John Boehner, a local Republican congressman from West Chester, already said last Sunday on MSNBC's "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" that he won't be voting for this resolution.
Read a transcript of the show HERE.
Watch a Netcast of the show HERE.
We don't expect any of our other local Republican members of the U.S. House to vote for it either… But there's nothing like a heated debate on a snowy day.
UPDATE: National Public Radio will also be offering "live continuous coverage" of the House of Representatives debate on the Iraq Resolution on air and online starting at noon today.
Coverage will continue each day until the expected vote on the resolution this Friday.
If you need the cliff notes of the day's debate, tune in to NPR for a special program summarizing the day’s events from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight, tomorrow and Thursday.
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Post a Comment*What we REALLY want to know, is how does the Cincinnati City Council stand on this issue?
(hopefully we'll find out after my street has been cleared)
"....We don't expect any of our other local Republican members of the U.S. House to vote for it either… But there's nothing like a heated debate on a snowy day...."
Whom is WE !!
Where is the "DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY" leaders input ?
How about a DEMOCRATIC whip's input ?
Mulon Rulon your wRong wingnut whacko elephant dung rhetoric has been revealed !
This is not a quote, so you have self identified your ideology with the wRong wingnut whackos !
Do you, Mulon, work for "fox" as well ?
Nothing like a wRong wingnut whacko, "mad brad" grand-stand to reinforce the claims of the "fishwRap's" political bias !
Bias, "CONFIRMED" !
PATHETIC !
HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007 !
Great Scott! anon@11:33 AM - LOL get a hold of yourself, man. You're falling to pieces! hahah Oh man.
Go build a snowman or something - Get out of the house fer a spell, pilgrim!
Ok, so who is the crazy bleeding heart who feels that his/her comments are so important that they deserve to be italic AND bold?
Shouldn't you be listening to Air America?
Bold type guy...you continue to do your party a disservice with your rants and raves about nothing....The story was about Ohio Senators and local congressman. The transcript linked has the Majority Leader who was with Congressman Boehner at the interview. You are lazy....I continue to read your post and they never contain anything other than childish attacks on others and namecalling. I have many liberal friends, who can engage in an educated discourse, they do their homework, they refrain from personal attacks and try to reason their positions. I may not always agree, but at least they make an effort to convince others wiith facts. Give us all a break, turn off the bold, stop the namecalling and try to add an intellegent thought now and again. I highly doubt you can control yourself in a manner that takes a bit of education, reason and can add anything of value to these discussions. That being the case, go and be a blow hard somewhere else, and leave these discussion to people who are willing to have an intelligent debate....PLEASE
To Enquirer Politcal Reporters.
Simply announce that the bold type guy is no longer welcome on the site and stop posting his bile.
Trust me, anyone with a brain on these blogs will cheer and be supportive.
Are his/her rediculous posts freedom of the press? You wouldn't print a letter to the editor from namecalling, no substance person.
Bold Guy, I believe that Malia referred to the "We" as the reporters at the Enquirer. Referring to "our other local Republican members" is factualy correct. If you can produce a Democrat who represents Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky or Southeast Indiana in the US House, I'd love to see it, since all those areas are represented by Republicans.
Last I checked, The Enquirer is a LOCAL paper. Like it or not, the GOP leader in the House is a LOCAL Representative, thereby making his comments on the national stage more relevant to the LOCAL paper. Steny Hoyer does not represent any part of the area served by this LOCAL paper. If he did, then I would fully expect his point of view to be in this LOCAL paper.
I hope you have sought help for your paranoia. Your screams and cries of "right wing bias" are really just sad. And whats worse is that I already know your response:
"Must have struck a nerve to make this wRong wing whacko come out of the woodwork. Blah blah blah
Pathetic! Vote Democrat 2007!"
And so forth.
Seriously man, I'd really like to see you address the fact that the Enquirer covered the local reps and why this so offends you. Like it or not, they are elected officials and their opinions and votes are news.
Can't wait to see how our local Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt represents SW Ohio in this debate. Will she wear the same "stars & stripes" outfit that distinguished her so well in the past? Will she speak of "cowards" and "cut and run", and will fellow Republican Danny Bupb be quoted (or misquoted)? Will we be proud that she represents the second Congressional District of Ohio? Or will there be voters' (or non-voters') remorse?
To 1:52 PM anon.--I am sure Jean schmidt will read whatever they hand her, and you can bet that it will have some phrase like "we have to support and honor our troops".She is one of those who believe that it's wrong to support the troops by bringing them home alive instead of leaving them there to die with honor. Twisted, isn't it?
If she really wanted to support our troops, she has already passed up over 3,100 chances to support them as a pallbearer.
i'd be a lot happier if we were discussing impeaching these monsters. since it will take some time to get there, i'm happy with this as a start, although the wording of the resolution is unfortunately to weak to express the disgust and contempt that the majority of americans have for this administration.
"...Seriously man, I'd really like to see you address the fact that the Enquirer covered the local reps and why this so offends you. Like it or not, they are elected officials and their opinions and votes are news...."
It is my understanding that Mulon is a DC reporter.
If that be the case then, it should be her responsibility to report on DC and both sides of the aisle.
We have been around way to long to even think that the "fishwRap" is fair and balance, period !
Look at their political endorsements over the last 40 years !
We certainly don't see anyone pointing to the cronyism or courthouse corruption because it would shake the status quo !
Shout, you bet !
Bold, you bet !
Call them a wRong wingnut whacko, you bet !
(they certainly are free to label everyone "LIBERAL" )
Well it might surprise you, but, we are bible thumping, right to life, finger pointing with authority and "TOTALLY" sick of the public voting against their own economic interests and electing wRong wingnut whackos, period !
It is unconscionable when 1 % of the population controls 90 percent of the wealth !
It is unconscionable when our class mates were killed and maimed for an oil war and now our grand-children are in the same mess !
As far as we're concerned, we need more patriots willing to take on the "POWER PLAYERS" and provide for those who can't provide for themself !
All the oppositon on this blog are talkers while we feed, cloth and shelter those that can not do it for themselves !
Guess what we hear ?
Let's cut taxes on the top 1% so they can trickle on the social service agencies !
We hear the misleader, George Vincent, so insensitive that he can call an individual sporting an Ohio State ball cap a "Homeless Derelict" !
By the way George, What is a "Homeless Derelict" ?
Well, wRong wingnut political defenders while you blog and attempt to justify a trumped up war, we are helping those that can not help themselves.
Spend more time serving in a soup kitchen and maybe a debate on the war has two sides !
Don't expect the fishwRap to report both sides though ! They would prefer to "hindlick", "Finney's Fanny" !
PATHETIC !
HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007 !
Anon 4:49, for all your talk of the Enquirer performing sexual acts with Phil Heimlich and Chris Finney, you are aware that the newspaper endorsed David Pepper over Phil Heimlich, right?
"....that the newspaper endorsed David Pepper over Phil Heimlich, right?..."
And just whom do you think embarrassed them into doing that ?
How many years were they behind a "hindlick" ?
PATHETIC !
HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007 !
If you cAre to discuss this further, you can Meet me At my pub in mt aDams tOnight! it is the one with all of the leprechaUns and shamroCks ! you can't miss it!
Had Enough, vote democrat 2007 !
Anon 6:14,
I can just imagine the following exchange amongst the Enquirer editorial board:
Editor1: We should endorse Heimlich, same as we did last time.
Editor2: No, we can't. See, there's this guy or gal posting on our blog all the time, always bold and italicized, keeps calling him "hindlick" and bringing up Chris Finney. He even calls him "finney fanney" or something.
Publisher Buchanan: Well, yes, this one person who posts in bold and italics all the time has swayed me. Pepper it is!
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Ok, if you think you are that important, then I am the Prime Minister of Sweden. Have you seen my bikini team lately?
Chabot Rubberstamps Bush’s Iraq Policy 100%
Steve Chabot is a Rubberstamp to Bush’s Iraq policy to “stay the course and pass the buck”. According to a recent nonpartisan group, Chabot votes with Bush 92% of the time. Chabot has praised Rumsfeld’s overall handling of the Iraq war, saying “I think he’s done an exemplary job.” And when it comes to Bush’s Iraq policy, Chabot said he is “100 percent with the president”.
Chabot Pushed for Iraq War days after 9/11 and before Afghanistan
From the House floor, Steve Chabot pushed for war with Iraq just a few weeks after 9/11. Chabot said Iraq ought to be a “principal target” of the war on terrorism and that Hussein should be “put up there with Osama bin Laden in this war against terrorism.” Chabot made this speech days before we responded militarily to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Chabot Spread Bush’s Claim that Iraq was a Nuclear Threat to the U.S. President Bush first told the world that Iraq was a nuclear threat to the U.S. with a worldwide press conference delivered from Ohio’s First Congressional District.
Not only did Chabot host Bush to make the claim to the world, but Chabot repeatedly pushed into the public that Iraq was a nuclear threat to the U.S. Chabot said that Hussein was “on the verge of having nuclear weapons” and that he believed “unless we do something to stop him now, Saddam Hussein will do something to harm this country.”
Chabot Refuses to Hold Bush Administration Accountable on Iraq
Not only does Chabot refuse to ask tough questions of the Administration, but Chabot has voted to keep the Administration's build-up to the Iraq war secret, and to retaliate against Bush critics of the Iraq War build-up by calling them "liars".
".....No, we can't. See, there's this guy or gal posting on our blog all the time, always bold and italicized, keeps calling him "hindlick" and bringing up Chris Finney. He even calls him "finney fanney" or something....."
We took no credit, you awarded it !
PATHETIC !
HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007 !
Anon 9:05, it's called satire. Ever heard of it?
"....Anon 9:05, it's called satire. Ever heard of it?..."
We know satire !
Satire is a good friend of ours !
You are no satirist !
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