Jun 16 2009

NewsFlash!!! War Supplemental Still in Danger

I certainly HOPE you have all been keeping up with the efforts of Jane Hamsher over at FDL…

…and her stalwart efforts to stop the War Supplemental, which is teetering on the edge of failing.

We’ve managed to hold 36 progressives (and shoot down a couple of trial balloon defections). Rahm threatened, bribed, cajoled, browbeat, threw tons of pork in to pay everybody off — and he failed. Obama had to come in and clean up his mess.

More than one person has told me that Rahm overplayed his hand. He packaged the IMF and the supplemental together, and proceeded to browbeat progressives that the White House has been snubbing from the get go. He was too cute by half when he threw in Lieberman-Graham so he’d have something to deal out for progressives in the House. Even Barney Frank got mad and refused to be played like that.

RIGHT NOW, She is waiting to liveblog the vote….

IF the vote takes place!

If the pull it off of the floor, that means that the effort has succeed….temporarily. Which would be a SIGNIFICANT victory in stopping Obama and Rahm from strong arming the GOOD Democrats in the House.

AND signal that it is time to fight even harder!

Head on over for the developments and lend a hand!

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    • sharon on June 16, 2009 at 19:30
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    jerry nadler’s district.  his washington director, john doty, told me that nadler is reluctantly supporting it.  maybe we can change his mind.  202 225 5635

  3. I’m so glad you did this.  I’ve been busy making calls to those who are on the LEANING NO list (with phone numbers)

    It’s on C-Span, or supposed to be, at 2:00 p.m. EST, but I can’t get the C-Span to come up.  C-SPAN

    David Swanson is also live-bloggin here!

  4. This is a big vote. If Congress can’t get anything done without the approval of an emerging Progressive block, then Progressives will suddenly have the ability to make real change both at home and abroad.

    No matter what happens, it is pretty impressive that a few dozen Progressives, and a coalition of blogs, managed to hold up White House approved legislation this long.

    Chris Bowers :: Much At Stake In IMF-War Funding Supplemental

    Open Left article link

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