Senate and House Democrats have again disappointed and angered their Democratic base and the almost 70% of Americans who want the government to bring the troops home from this failed occupation of Iraq.

However, they continue to dismiss the demands of the people as just an irritant to be ignored. These Democratic representatives and senators know best. Their hubris seems to match that of Bush and his Bushites.  Both House and Senate leaders repeatedly whine that there is nothing they can do....this from Democratic majority leaders of both chambers.

John Nichols says it well in his article in The Nation, "Congress Quietly Approves Billions More For Iraq War."

"The Senate agreed on Thursday to increase the federal debt limit by $850 billion -- from $8.965 trillion to $9.815 trillion -- and then proceeded to approve a stop-gap spending bill that gives the Bush White House at least $9 billion in new funding for its war in Iraq."

As the only dissenting (94-1) senatorial vote, Russ Feingold stated, "I am disappointed that we are about to begin the 2008 fiscal year without having enacted any of the appropriations bills for that year. I am even more disappointed that we voted on a continuing resolution that provides tens of billions of dollars to continue the misguided war in Iraq but does not include any language to bring that war to a close. We need to keep the federal government operating and make sure our brave troops get all the equipment and supplies they need, but we should not be giving the President a blank check to continue a war that is hurting our national security.

Iraq.  In addition, they gave Americans another kick in the teeth....they dug us deeper, by billions more, in the enormous trillions of dollars debt hole.
Again from Nichols' article, 

"In the House, the continuing resolution passed by a vote of 404 to 14, with 14 other members not voting."

"The "no" votes in the House, all cast by anti-war members, came from one Republican, Ron Paul of Texas, and 13 Democrats: Oregon's Earl Blumenauer, Missouri's William Clay, Minnesota's Keith Ellison, California's Bob Filner, Massachusetts' Barney Frank, New York's Maurice Hinchey, Ohio's Dennis Kucinich, Washington's Jim McDermott, New Jersey's Donald Payne, California's Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson and Lynn Woolsey."