Pelosi Plays Hardball, Clyburn Something Else

[babylonsister]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0307/Pelosi_Plays_Hardball_Clyburn_Something_Else.html

Pelosi Plays Hardball, Clyburn Something Else

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), facing a huge vote Thursday on the $124 billion wartime spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, is laying down the law to Democratic opponents of the measure: Vote for this bill, or you'll end up giving President Bush exactly what he wants.

Pelosi is privately telling leaders of the Out of Iraq Caucus, including California Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey, that if the leadership-crafted spending bill, which includes a 2008 withdrawal date, goes down, she'll quickly bring up a "clean" spending bill just for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of the year and seek Republican support to pass it.

Pelosi is not threatening the rebellious Democrats with the "clean bill" alternative, caution Democratic insiders. Instead, she's making sure that these lawmakers know she'll do whatever it takes to pass an emergency funding bill, with or without their support.

"We've got to govern, and we have to govern responsibly," a Democratic insider said of Pelosi's message to the wavering Democrats. "This is as far as we could go for them in that direction. If that is not successful, we will go in the other direction and seek Republican votes to pass a clean bill."

Pelosi and other senior Democrats have been buoyed recently by support from some recalcitrant Democrats, although the going is slow. For instance, aides to Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told leadership staffers that she would support the leadership bill. And senior Democrats believe that other lawmakers will begin breaking their way in the next day or two as well.

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[BayCityProgressive]

1. Fuck you Pelosi

instewad of doing what is right for the country...you are doing what is right for a political party. The blood of US troops is on your hands.