Democrats Alter Plan To Restrict Iraq War

[RiverStone]

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Senior House Democrats, seeking to placate members of their party from Republican-leaning districts, are pushing a plan that would place restrictions on President Bush's ability to wage the war in Iraq but would allow him to waive them if he publicly justifies his position.

Under the proposal, Bush would also have to set a date to begin troop withdrawals if the Iraqi government fails to meet benchmarks aimed at stabilizing the country that the president laid out in January.

The plan is an attempt to bridge the differences between anti-war Democrats, led by Rep. John P. Murtha (Pa.), who have wanted to devise standards of troop readiness strict enough to force Bush to delay some deployments and bring some troops home, and Democrats wary of seeming to place restrictions on the president's role as commander in chief.

full story here:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR2007030501604.html


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Are DEMS settling here or what? Placate...why placate a damn thing! :shrug:

Looks to be a half step above a non-binding resolution...but at least it is progress.