tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741865.post117471877146731922..comments2011-02-15T08:49:23.739-08:00Comments on From the Fever Swamp: Supplemental Vote: Thanks to Harman; Super Thanks to Red District DemsGlancing Headerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866348525386721290noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741865.post-1174977908283597242007-03-27T00:45:00.000-07:002007-03-27T00:45:00.000-07:00Jim,Harman had months ago said she'd support the s...Jim,<BR/>Harman had months ago said she'd support the supplemental for what Bush asked for, <I>this one last time</I>. Getting her to go along with these restrictions in the funding bill was actually progress. <BR/><BR/>And it's a good thing it passed -- there's value in speaking as a caucus for stopping the war. The situation in the Congress is that there are too many war-supporting Dems plus some timid ones who are not willing vote for supplying only an orderly withdrawal. As you can see by the close vote, Pelosi got as much as she could have. I am disappointed in Harman's Blue Dog ways too, but her she did the right thing.<BR/><BR/>There'll be more chances to force the issue - and next time, <I>in part because of their compromise here</I>, the Out of Iraq caucus will be in a better position to succeed in turning the screws.Glancing Headerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866348525386721290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741865.post-1174787491146407742007-03-24T19:51:00.000-07:002007-03-24T19:51:00.000-07:00Jane Harman did the WRONG thing. She should have j...Jane Harman did the WRONG thing. She should have joined Lynn Woosley, Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters, Dennis Kucinich and others in voting against the Supplemental Appropriation. The war won't stop until the funds are cut off. <BR/><BR/>Small wonder that Harman is trying to tighten the noose around our civil liberties with hearings for repressing domestic radicals - that's all of us who don't approve of her and her friends in the White House.<BR/><BR/>Jim Smith<BR/>Venice, CaliforniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com