See, it would really be unfair to say they have no agenda or plan, as they do. And the primary part of said agenda, now that the whole "we are going to be the most ethical Congress ever" idea is dead, is leaving Iraq ASAP, regardless of the situation on the ground. But, hey, we all know that. So, this is just more proof that the Democrats have no shame
Senate Democratic leaders yesterday injected the Iraq war debate into a $14 billion water projects bill, offering two troop-withdrawal amendments to help gauge Republican solidarity with President Bush.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada co-sponsored both amendments with fellow Democrats; one with Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin that would restrict war funds to noncombat operations, and the other with Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan that would pull out troops if the Iraqi government does not meet policy benchmarks.
The Reid-Levin amendment is the less severe of the two, allowing Mr. Bush to waive the troop-withdrawal requirement provided he explain the continued deployment to Congress every 90 days.
"This is an opportunity to see how far Republicans will go on the supplemental," a top Democratic aide said.
Yet again, Democrats are playing games with legislation in order try and make a point. From everything I have been able to find on the Bill, it was designed to improve certain rivers and harbors in the United States.
As the Washington Times points out in another article
Democrats have floated at least 20 plans to curb or end the war in Iraq since taking control of Congress four months ago, a strategy that has produced one vetoed bill and slowed their domestic agenda to a crawl.
The time-consuming onslaught includes both symbolic declarations and binding measures incapable of passing a Senate essentially evenly divided between the parties — repealing the 2002 war authorization, blocking President Bush’s troop surge with strict deployment standards, restricting funds to noncombat operations and setting limits on troop levels.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, acknowledged that the gridlock is talking a toll.
"People are unhappy. There hasn’t been a lot of change in direction, for example, in Iraq," he told the Associated Press.
Thereby proving that Democrats have one track minds, and cannot even be honest about it.
In the first 100 hours of their House leadership, Democrats pushed through a domestic agenda of six measures — dubbed the "Six for ‘O6" — including elevating the minimum-wage increase, funding stem-cell research, funding alternative energy development, implementing the recommendations of the September 11 commission, changing Medicare’s drug plan and cutting student loan interest rates.
None has become law and three face a presidential veto.
What do you expect from a Party that cannot even pass a Bill "Supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day" nor one which expresses sympathy for the residents of Greensburg, Kansas, without referring the legislation to committee.
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