Iraq Next Week: The House

Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 11:48 AM PST
WASHINGTON (AP) Officials say the Democratic-controlled House will vote next week on a nonbinding resolution opposing President Bush's plan to deploy 21,500 additional troops to Iraq

House to Devote Three Days to Next Week's Iraq Debate
With the Senate stymied, the House next week will hold three days of floor debate on a resolution disapproving of President Bush’s plans to send 21,500 additional U.S. troops to Iraq.

Democrats Who Opposed War Move Into Key Positions
Although given little public credit at the time, or since, many of the 126 House Democrats who spoke out and voted against the October 2002 resolution that gave President Bush authority to wage war against Iraq have turned out to be correct in their warnings about the problems a war would create.

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The Democratic Agenda
Proving that Bush and his Cabinet members aren’t the only ones who can make a secret trip to Iraq, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats have traveled to Baghdad. “The congressional delegation … includes Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.”

Blue Dogs Demand Fiscal Accountability in Iraq
Members of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition demanded greater accountability and responsibility regarding the war in Iraq at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol Friday.