I've been looking for a recent article regarding the Funding.
And most definately will call Sen Reed and Kennedy to stop the funding.
Here ar the most recent articles I found regading Funding for the War:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/08/democrats.iraq.funding/index.htmlAt least five bills were introduced last week that would either restrict Bush's ability to add troops or set a deadline for their withdrawal. No hearings or votes have been scheduled on the legislation.
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A nonbinding resolution does not go nearly far enough for some anti-war lawmakers.
"The advantage is if you get eight or 10 Republicans, a majority of the U.S. Senate repudiates Bush, and that sends a powerful national message,'' said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who introduced legislation to prohibit the troop increase.
The flip side, Kennedy said, is you allow members to voice their opposition to the war without taking a consequential stand.
Democratic Reps. Lynn Woolsey of Petaluma and Barbara Lee of Oakland -- co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus -- introduced a bill last week with 14 co-sponsors that would demand the withdrawal of all U.S. troops and military contractors from Iraq within six months.
Their bill also would prohibit funding for any more troops, ban permanent U.S. bases in Iraq and rescind the 2002 congressional authorization for Bush to use force in Iraq.
Woolsey described the Senate resolution as "a first step. But while we're doing that, our troops are dying. We need to go beyond talking.''
Lee said she views the nonbinding resolution as a "bill that will allow members to sign on to the second step'' -- the withdrawal plan.
"A lot of us are impatient. But when you see a critical mass building, that's part of democracy,'' Lee said. "Sometimes it takes a while for elected officials to catch up with where the public is.''
The number of lawmakers who support the war is steadily eroding. On the House floor late Thursday, many Democrats who voted in 2002 to authorize the use of force in Iraq delivered speeches expressing their opposition four years later.
"One of the most difficult things for ... an elected official to say is 'I was wrong. I made a mistake.' I'm here to say that tonight,'' said Rep. Albert Wynn, D-Md. "Assuming the president would not mislead the country, I supported the war. That was a mistake.''
Yet as lawmakers await Bush's address Tuesday to a joint session of Congress, many wonder if he is hearing their objection.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/21/MNG2PNMB281.DTL&type=politics