at troops to come home. Interesting enough, two Republicans voted in favor, while fourteen Democrats voted against the resolution.Our Congressman, Chris Murphy (D-5), voted in favor of the measure. He released a press release on why he did so. You can read that here. The following are parts taken from the statement:
"I come here to support this legislation because for the first time since the start of this disastrous engagement, Congress is making sure that any further spending on this war comes with unprecedented support for our troops and veterans, and a real plan to redeploy our forces and resources to fights that we can still win."
“The days of issuing a blank check to this Administration with no questions asked are over. As we enter the fifth year of this war, people in Connecticut and across the country demand a change in our policy in Iraq. This bill is the change that they asked for.”
Now, President Bush has said that if the bill reaches his desk, he will veto it. He believes that setting a time table to leave Iraq is not the right thing to do. Americans have felt otherwise, and so has our Congress.
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