Reid Pulls Defense Authorization bill Until GOP Allowes a Vote.

Writing by Marq on Wednesday, 18 of July , 2007 at 2:21 pm

The Republicans are filibustering the amendment that would call for a troop withdraw in 180 days, because thy know it will pass, more than a few of Republicans see their political life hanging in the balance and know that is Iraq is still an issue come election time next year they will be out of a job. So Reid as turned up the heat (for once the Dems are showing hey have some balls) and pulled the from the floor. The Republicans know that the bill will pass if they allowed it to come to the floor.

From Reid’s office..

I have temporarily laid aside the Defense Authorization bill and have entered a motion to reconsider.

But let me be clear to my Republican colleagues – I emphasize the word “temporarily”. We will do everything in our power to change course in Iraq. We will do everything in our power to complete consideration of a Defense Authorization bill. We must do both.

And just to remind my Republican colleagues – even if this bill had passed yesterday, its provisions would not take effect until October.

So we will come back to this bill as soon as it is clear we can make real progress. To that end, I have asked the Democratic Whip and Democratic Manager of the bill to sit down with their counterparts to work on a process to address all outstanding issues related to this bill so the Senate can return to it as soon as possible.

Not sure what the real impact of this is yet.

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