How One Senator Could End the War


JeanLR - Posted on 15 March 2007

http://www.counterpunch.com/walsh03142007.html

"...The Democrats will claim that they only have a "razor thin majority," so that their hands are tied. But this is not so. It takes only one Senator to filibuster against funding the war. Then it takes only 41 abstentions to sustain the filibuster...."

http://www.filibusterforpeace.org/

"..It only takes 41 votes to sustain a filibuster and prevent funding requests from the Bush administration from coming to debate or a vote. The Bush administration would then have to return with a funding request that is satisfactory to the 41. That bill should include funds to bring all U.S. forces home quickly and safely but no money to prosecute the war in Iraq.

Pro-war Senators used this tactic twice in February to stop non-binding resolutions condemning the so-called "surge." If pro-war Senators can use this tactic, then anti-war Senators should use it also..."

 

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No brains, no hearts, no souls. I guess ignorance is bliss ??

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