While our Nebraska Senators propose toothless resolutions, Sen. Feingold (D-WI) is prepared to take steps to end the war:
Tomorrow, I will introduce legislation that will prohibit the use of funds to continue the deployment of U.S. forces in Iraq six months after enactment. By prohibiting funds after a specific deadline, Congress can force the President to bring our forces out of Iraq and out of harm’s way.
This legislation will allow the President adequate time to redeploy our troops safely from Iraq, and it will make specific exceptions for a limited number of U.S. troops who must remain in Iraq to conduct targeted counter-terrorism and training missions and protect U.S. personnel. It will not hurt our troops in any way – they will continue receiving their equipment, training and salaries. It will simply prevent the President from continuing to deploy them to Iraq. By passing this bill, we can finally focus on repairing our military and countering the full range of threats that we face around the world.
And here’s to getting presidential candidates to take a stand:
Obama calls for complete withdrawal by March 2008.
About god damn time. Since Bush took office, Congress has allowed the administration to arbitrarily ignore or blatantly violate the Constitution, the nation’s laws, and the rights of the citizens. It is Congress’ duty to censure Bush and Cheney, who have done incalculable harm to America. But that still doesn’t go far enough. Congress should also pass legislation that makes clear to Bush and Co. that any attempt to fabricate a Gulf of Tonkin-like incident and/or start a war with Iran without Congressional approval will result in criminal charges.