Can anyone explain how the congress can stop "the surge" the process?

[AlCzervik]

i know /kennedy wants to bring it to vote but is it more than a paper tiger or will * just go around the congress as he has done in the past?

[The Count]

1. Criminalize war profiteering.

[northzax]

2. simple, sorta

refuse to pay for it. Pass a binding resolution refusing funding for any additional military action in Iraq. not going to happen, though.

[Gman]

3. No money, no surge

that simple

Of course, I fully expect Bush to spend the money anyway with or without Congress which will lead to a constitutional crisis on who controls the purse strings. They will push the Unitary Presidency and live or die with it. I think they are salivating at the chance.

[Critters2]

4. Congress controls the purse strings. nt

[MissWaverly]

5. they can cap the number of troops for the war

this would prevent a dramatic escalation by Bush, they could ask what numbers could be
allocated to cover normal losses to maintain current levels. I remember Condoleezza Rice
saying that they would pull out US troops if Iraq had a civil war but they are not
following up on their promises.