Senate blocks bills to pay for Iraq, Afghanistan

I am sure everyone has heard this news-Senate blocks bills to pay for Iraq, Afghanistan. The following is from the Boston Globe:

"Four Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the measure: Sens. Gordon Smith of Oregon, Olympia Snowe of Maine, Susan Collins of Maine and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska."

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Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., was the lone Democrat opposing it because he said it did not go far enough to end the war.

The Republican proposal to pay for the Iraq war with no strings attached failed by a vote of 45-53, which was 15 short of the number needed to go forward.

Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said this week that if Congress cannot pass legislation that ties war money to troop withdrawals, they would not send President Bush a bill this year.

Don't blame the Dems, blame the fact we do not have enough of them in the Senate.