Rossputin.com: Rational Thinking About Our World

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Post details: Senator Warner deals death blow to Webb amendment

09/20/07

02:30:11 am, by Rossputin

, 205 words, 103 views

Categories: Political Opinion, National Security & Defense •• ••

Senator Warner deals death blow to Webb amendment

John Warner, the very senior Senator from Virginia, changed his mind about supporting an amendment by the junior Senator Jimm Webb which would require that troops get as much time at home as they spent in Iraq. In other words, if you were there for a year, you get a year at home before being sent back. If you spent 18 months, you get 18 months here, etc.

After conversations with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who has also counseled the President to veto the bill if it were to pass the Senate, Warner said he would not support the measure although he voted for it in July.

Following that announcement, the measure got only 56 votes, still 4 short of the 60 needed to override a veto.

This was a big blow to the Democrat's attempts to accomplish bigger troop drawdowns than the military leaders are recommending as this tactic was the most likely of their ideas to succeed, and none of the other measures are likely to get close to the sixty votes needed to overcome a Bush veto.

Still, we should not underestimate the message behind the Senate getting together 56 votes....
You can read more about the story here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6934342,00.html

Permalink Leave a comment

Comments:

No Comments for this post yet...

Rossputin.com: Rational Thinking About Our World

Current events, politics, economics, Social Security reform, School Choice, financial markets, philosophy and more, with an emphasis on free minds, free markets, and free people.

Bookmark Rossputin's Blog!

e-mail Rossputin

Visit Rossputin's home page

Kristen-Lee Baillie fine art

Cliff Kaminsky Foundation