<DIV>The US Constitution gives the House control over the budget and ability to control war. The President cannot legally have troops overseas for more than 90 days without declaration of war or approval of Congress. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Congress doesn't need an appropriations bill passed to change that. It can simply vote with a simple majority vote to either cut funding to the military or order the troops back. The Democratic controlled Congress has not done that. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>75% of the population wants to end the war, NOW. Yet Congress is not acting on that public demand. There must be a reason why.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>US troops will still be in Iraq in 2008 and 2009. They are simple giving you lip service and stalling. Our troop numbers might be reduced in the near future, but we are staying in Iraq, our national security depends on it. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator> <STYLE> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </STYLE> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </STYLE>
<STYLE> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </STYLE> <DIV class=Section1> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Arnold, Arnold, Arnold
–<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you have been following the news this past month or so, you would have realized (like all of the rest of us have) that Congress IS refusing to finance the war any further than September (or is it November?).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Congress’ refusal to further finance Bush’s war is what gave birth to Bush’s claim that Congress refuses to provide a sizeable pay hike for the military,
which is tied into the budget for Bush’s war. It is all tied into the budget for fiscal year ’08. If Congress refuses to pass the FY08 budget, as written, (which, for all intents and purposes, it intends to do), finances for Bush’s war run extremely shallow and the military does not get its much needed pay raise.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Seeya round town, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><BR><BR>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR><BR>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Donovan Arnold<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:14 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Andreas Schou<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Essay on Globalism by Ron
Paul</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Andreas,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">If Congress really wanted to end the war all they have to do is not fund it. It requires 60% in the Senate and majority vote in the House to continue to fund the operations. US House, which controls the purse strings, could end the war tomorrow by voting to cut it off. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">They instead are trying to shift the ending of the war to the Senate intentionally in a way that does not impact funding, which is harder to do politically, they know that. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">One or two senators could potentially block a bill in the Senate or at least slow it way down. It is difficult to pass legislation. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">When I was in the ASUI Senate, I use to slow down appointments to paid positions that were made to buddies of other elected officials. I wanted people that were best for the job, not someone getting a check because they helped their frat buddy with campaigning. Today, appointments now have to go through a process that screens out individuals not qualified, but it was not that way when I was in, the victor went the spoils and ASUI paychecks.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">There is a whole host of motions and parliamentary procedures, filibustering, and other tactics a senator can use to slow down or disrupt legislation. Two senators can place huge road blocks in the way of
legislation they really disagree with. If a committee chair can also wage more havoc as well. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Donovan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;
FONT-STYLE: italic">Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com></SPAN></I></B> wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On 7/21/07, Donovan Arnold <DONOVANJARNOLD2005@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>> The reason the US Senate is stalling on the withdraw of troops from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> is<BR>> because it knows two things;<BR>><BR>> 1) That the people that voted for them what an end to the war now and what<BR>> the troops back home.<BR>><BR>> and<BR>><BR>> 2) That if the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> withdraws
troops from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> it would have negative<BR>> repercussions and that it vital to US interests to keep troops there.<BR><BR>Donovan --<BR><BR>The US Senate is failing to end the war because a withdrawal requires<BR>a 60-vote majority to break a Republican filibuster (which they have<BR>done every time it has come to a vote) and a 66-vote majority to break<BR>a Bush veto threat. In the House of Representatives, where party unity<BR>and the number of defectors needed is higher, breaking a Bush veto is<BR>almost impossible, given the tiny Democratic majority.<BR><BR>Thus the Republicans hold us in an unwinnable morass for yet another year.<BR><BR>-- ACS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
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