If the previous post does not show you that Senator Harry Reid is a contradction then understand he said they would not cut and run in Iraq or raise taxes. Right at the moment the tax thing is secondary. He said they would not cut and run. Senator Reid would you kindly explain the report below if you are not planning on cut and run?

Stanford Matthews
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US Senate Democrats Draft Plan to Revise Military’s Iraq Mission
By VOA News
23 February 2007

Democratic Party leaders in the U.S. Senate are working on legislation that would effectively revoke the 2002 resolution authorizing military action against Iraq.

Senate Democratic aides say the proposal, which is not expected to be adopted, would limit the U.S. military’s mission to training Iraqi troops and police forces, securing the country’s borders and combating terrorist forces. Regular combat forces would be withdrawn by next year.

The proposal, drafted by Senator Carl Levin, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and Joseph Biden, who chairs the Foreign Relations panel is set to be presented to other Democratic senators next week.

If accepted, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would likely attach the proposal to an anti-terrorism bill. If passed by the Senate, which is not likely, the revised authorization would also have to be passed by the House and would be subject to a veto by President Bush.

Democrats and the independents aligned with them hold a slim 51 to 49 majority in the Senate, but hold a more comfortable majority in the House of Representatives.

The 2002 resolution gave President Bush authorization to take military action against Iraq, because of its alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. In a speech last week, Biden said the original resolution is now irrelevant because the WMD program did not exist, and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is “no longer there.”

The bill is the latest effort by Senate Democrats to challenge President Bush on his Iraq policy. A vote on a non-binding resolution criticizing Mr. Bush’s plan to deploy an additional 21,000 troops to Iraq failed in the Senate, but was passed in the House last week.

Meanwhile, Democrats in the House of Representatives are considering a proposal by lawmaker Jack Murtha that would link funding of the U.S. military mission in Iraq to strict conditions on troop readiness and training standards.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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This is what Harry Reid said
from Topix.net on November 12, 2007
On Sunday, Reid said his party will not “cut and run” from Iraq or raise taxes

This is what Harry Reid did. Section I (1) and Section I (2) contradict each other.

To express the sense of Congress on Iraq. (Placed on Calendar in Senate)

S 574 PCS
Calendar No. 25
110th CONGRESS
1st Session

S. 574

To express the sense of Congress on Iraq.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 13, 2007

Mr. REID introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

February 14, 2007

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

A BILL

To express the sense of Congress on Iraq.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IRAQ.

It is the sense of Congress 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.

SEC. 2. FREQUENCY OF REPORTS ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF POLICY AND OPERATIONS.

The United States Policy in Iraq Act (section 1227 of Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 3465; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(d) Frequency of Reports on Certain Aspects of United States Policy and Military Operations in Iraq- Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and every 30 days thereafter until all United States combat brigades have redeployed from Iraq, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the matters set forth in paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), and (2) of subsection (c). To the maximum extent practicable each report shall be unclassified, with a classified annex if necessary.’.

Calendar No. 25

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 574

A BILL

To express the sense of Congress on Iraq.

February 14, 2007

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Reactions to Vilsack drops out of presidential race

DES MOINES, Iowa Reactions are pouring to Democrat Tom Vilsack’s decision to drop out of the presidential race.

The decision by Iowa’s former governor still leaves a crowded field of eight Democrats, including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Barack Obama (ber-AHK’ oh-BAH’-muh) and John Edwards.

Democrats voice disappointment of Vilsack’s withdrawal. Privately they probably think otherwise. GOP candidates are likely to be more honestly disappointed as his campaign may have diluted some Dem voting at least in Iowa. But you gotta love that pronumciation help in the notice above. How come there’s no help pronouncing Vilsack’s name?

Will Hillary Clinton be next? We can only hope. But watching her get beat by other cnadidates would be fun.

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Hillary Clinton is described on her own site as not being a gambler but she has gambled. Her stand on campaign financing supports that claim since she has declined public campaign funding in favor of all the money she can raise. To be fair, raising all the money you can is typical in politics. The same can be said for Hillary. She’s a typical politician and that does not suggest she is Presidential material.

Bill Clinton “greasing the skids” for Hillary is not a good turn of phrase for someone running for President. At least if you are appealing to voters who remember his Presidency and your involvement in it. But Hillary invoked Bill’s help early on as noted in this Jan 28 visit to Iowa. “You know, Bill didn’t compete in the 1992 Iowa caucuses because Tom Harkin was running for president,” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told supporters during a house party in Cedar Rapids on Saturday night. “This is the only political experience I will ever have that he had never had.” Yes, Bill had plenty of “political experiences.”

Also on Hillary’s site it claims the country has been divided by an extreme sliver of the Republican party. It was unclear if this statement was attributed to Bill. When following “more” links to the story and ultimately ABC News, a “not found” error page was displayed. It really doesn’t matter which one said it. That was in October before the midterm elections. So the Dems, through Pelosi and others, claim the people had spoken in the midterms while the Clinton’s claim the country is divided. You can’t have it both ways. A divided country does not unite in three weeks.

A headline proclaiming “Iowans look to Hillary in 2008″ suggests everyone in Iowa is for Hillary. Well that was October. On Feb 22, 2007, Strategic Vision, LLC polled that Edwards led at 24% over Clinton and Obama both at 18%.

This is getting funny. a second content link for Hillary’s site is “not found”. That would be the source for the claim at how well her site is doing compared to others. Combined with a comparison to Howard Dean in 2004. Hillary, you might want to drop that reference. This claim of Hillary’s on Jan 2, 2007 is disputed by a comparison on alexa of her site compared to Edwards and Obama. You lose Hillary, a distant third out of three.

The rest of Hillary’s frontpage is distortion also. She claims to be courting the black vote while at the same time starts a brawl with Barack Obama. She expresses an intention to end US arrogance. Please Hillary, you and your political history are all about arrogance. Like bragging about spending $29 million on a campaign against a sacrificial lamb in your Senate re-election bid. Or your public support or indifference of Bill’s behavior which one can only conclude was in preparation for your ultimate political ambitions.

And your most arrogant display thus far came yesterday with a call for a “positive campaign.” The embarrassment of the Clinton Administration from 92 thru 2000 is only exceeded by your adherence to a lack of principle and a portion of the public and their misplaced adoration. But then Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have fans too.

Stanford Matthews
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We don’t need MoreWhat this report says. Did you ever wonder why our country is referred to as obese. Smoking is so bad we were told not to smoke. It raises the cost of healthcare too much. Tax the hell out of it. Stigmatize people who smoke. Have a freshman Congressman call a cop on Tancredo for smoking a cigar. And the replace the costs you associate with smoking with obesity. Less people smoking. More people eating….too much.
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Fewer Smokers May Stress State Treasuries

Across the country, states are putting their treasuries under pressure by adopting smoking restrictions as well as higher cigarette taxes, which appear to be discouraging people from lighting up, as many health activists had hoped would happen.

Al Franken is not much of a comedian. Al Franken will not be much more as a candidate. Al Franken is MoreWhat a comedian should be than a politician.
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No Joke: Al Franken’s Running For Senate

Comedian Al Franken says he’s running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota in 2008. The former “Saturday Night Live” performer plans to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.

Members of Congress are paid about $165,000 per year last time we looked. If judges leave for higher pay in the private sector, maybe they shouldn’t have been judges in the first place. Your pay is nearly five times the average per capita income in the US. If you earned MoreWhat the rest of us do, you might appreciate your current compensation.
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Justice Kennedy Pleads For More Pay

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy told senators that Congress has neglected judicial pay, harming morale among judges. Associate justices of the Supreme Court earn $203,000; the chief justice gets $212,100.

Now there’s a prediction, forecast or prognostication we can understand. The economy will grow modestly unless it doesn’t. Just like tomorrow it may be sunny or it may not. Waning inflation means no one is spending enough to pressure the nasty monster cuz we need MoreWhat is used for spending. I don’t know, like jobs?
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Fed: Economy To Grow Modestly In ‘07

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress the economy should grow modestly this year and inflation should continue to wane, reasons enough for the central bank to keep interest rates steady for the time being.

A tax break is not a solution for healthcare. All you are concerning yourself with is paying for it rather than encouraging and end to out of control costs. Mr President, universal healthcare or a similar solution is MoreWhat we need.
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A Fair Health Fix

Not many expected President Bush to advance a serious healthcare proposal in his State of the Union address, and few expect anyone in Congress to act in response to it. But Mr. Bush did, and at least one member of Congress seems interested.

If Senator and Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and her colleagues on both sides of the aisle were a little less political and a little more proactive this kind of headline would not be necessary. How about y’all provide the country with MoreWhat we need.
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Clinton Warns Bush On Attacking Iran

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President Bush not to take any military action against Iran without getting congressional approval first.

Biden, Edwards and Clinton must be trying to tag team Gee Dubya. Sounds familiar. MoreWhat the Dems have been doing for a few years. If you have no plan, create an agenda that is nothing more than what Congress usually does and then criticize the President.
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Biden Seeks To Repeal Bush Troop Authority

Sen. Joe Biden said he would move to repeal the authority Congress gave President Bush in 2002 to send U.S. troops into Iraq. He said the legislation was based on the idea that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.