Anti-War Bloc in House Vows to Oppose Further Iraq Funding

[Bradley in DC]

http://public.cq.com/docs/cqm/cqmidday110-000002555651.html

Anti-War Bloc in House Vows to Oppose Further Iraq Funding
By CQ Staff | 3:15 PM; Jul. 20, 2007 | Email This Article
By Adam Graham-Silverman, CQ Staff

A group of 69 House Democrats has put the White House on notice that its members will not support any more war funding bills unless the measures include a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq.

“We agree with a clear and growing majority of the American people who are opposed to continued, open-ended U.S. military operations in Iraq,” the anti-war bloc, led by California Democrats Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee, wrote in a letter to President Bush Thursday. Woolsey and Lee co-chair the Out of Iraq Caucus.

Ron Paul of Texas was the only Republican to sign the letter

[Wyurm]

I loved the idea of the letter, though I wish it had come sooner. However, I just hope that Bush doesn't try to use this against them: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html

Yes, I know it is unconstitutional, illegal, and a misuse of Executive orders for the president to apply that order to anyone outside the executive branch, however, it doesn't look like it was written for anyone in the executive branch, and the whole issue of legality hasn't stopped Bush from doing whatever he wants yet.

[TheEvilDetector]

I loved the idea of the letter, though I wish it had come sooner. However, I just hope that Bush doesn't try to use this against them: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html

Yes, I know it is unconstitutional, illegal, and a misuse of Executive orders for the president to apply that order to anyone outside the executive branch, however, it doesn't look like it was written for anyone in the executive branch, and the whole issue of legality hasn't stopped Bush from doing whatever he wants yet.

He cannot do that, it would result in an immediate impeachment and conviction.

Congress is weak, but if Bush dared to freeze assets of 69 of its members congress will stop playing nice.

If Bush refused to cede presidential office on impeachment and conviction, then one of 2 things would happen. Military Coup or Militia based Revolution.