SENATE MAJORITY LEADER COSPONSORS FEINGOLD BILL TO REDEPLOY TROOPS FROM IRAQ

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Press release, via atrios:

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_atrios_archive.html#117551582413116483

Washington D.C. -­ U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced today that they are introducing legislation that will effectively end the current military mission in Iraq and begin the redeployment of U.S. forces. The bill requires the President to begin safely redeploying U.S. troops from Iraq 120 days from enactment, as required by the emergency supplemental spending bill the Senate passed last week. The bill ends funding for the war, with three narrow exceptions, effective March 31, 2008.

“I am pleased to cosponsor Senator Feingold’s important legislation,” Reid said. “I believe it is consistent with the language included in the supplemental appropriations bill passed by a bipartisan majority of the Senate. If the President vetoes the supplemental appropriations bill and continues to resist changing course in Iraq, I will work to ensure this legislation receives a vote in the Senate in the next work period.”

“I am delighted to be working with the Majority Leader to bring our involvement in the Iraq war to an end,” Feingold said. “Congress has a responsibility to end a war that is opposed by the American people and is undermining our national security. By ending funding for the President’s failed Iraq policy, our bill requires the President to safely redeploy our troops from Iraq.”

[Mass]

1. Happy to see Reid seeing the light!

[cali]

2. This is very good news, indeed.

I wonder if it stands a chance.

[Mass]

3. Probably not (No way Nelson(s) will vote for that, and people like Clinton have said they did not

want a deadline, but a goal).

However, it is indeed a very good sign to see Reid sign on that. I hope a lot of other senators will follow.

[papau]

5. We have time for 3 months of keeping this in the headlines :-) no need until July n/t

n/t

[Blackhatjack]

4. We have to keep putting this on the table and make Senators vote against it...

... each time they have to vote against it, there will be a groundswell of public support that they will have to ignore.

It is always hard to say no to activated constituents, but to do it over and over is even more difficult. I think that is where this legislation is headed.

[bigtree]

6. kick for all of the critics who used Feingold as a wedge in their arguments

against the Senate leadership.

:kick:

[bigtree]

7. another kick

:kick:

[LynneSin]

8. And folks here at DU wanted to replace Harry Reid

:crazy:

[bigtree]

9. I wonder how long Feingold has here

before the arrows start flying his way.

Most likely this will be ignored by the critics of the leadership who were elevating Feingold here at the same time.

[Roland99]

10. Finally! Some support for Russ!!

[leftchick]

11. is this ALL troops?

including support troops? God, I hope so.