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War funding continues, thanks to Nancy Pelosi and Democratic "leadership"
The war funding "supplemental" bill came up for a vote today. Instead of having a clear up or down vote on whether the members of the House of Representatives wanted to fund more war and militarism in Afghanistan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who nominally "represents" San Francisco, cooked up a "rule" that said, if only one of the four amendments to the war funding passes, the whole bill passes automatically. That way the supposedly "antiwar" Democrats would not have to cast a vote directly on the war funding. They went for it! All but 38 Democratic reps voted YES on the "rule" -- really, the sneaky disguise of a yes vote for more war.
The war funding "supplemental" bill came up for a vote today. Instead of having a clear up or down vote on whether the members of the House of Representatives wanted to fund more war and militarism in Afghanistan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who nominally "represents" San Francisco, cooked up a "rule" that said, if only one of the four amendments to the war funding passes, the whole bill passes automatically. That way the supposedly "antiwar" Democrats would not have to cast a vote directly on the war funding. They went for it! All but 38 Democratic reps voted YES on the "rule" -- really, the sneaky disguise of a yes vote for more war.
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