Betsy has a link to this National Review Online piece quoting various Democrats about funding for the troops.
Sen Harry Reid (D-NV) :
"…I don’t think anyone can find a war that this country was engaged in where the funds were cut off. No one is talking about cutting off the funds."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) :
"I do not support cutting funding for American troops."
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) :
"We're not going to cut off funding to the troops … no one wants to do that."
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) :
"I don't know of any senator who would cut off funds for troops in the field."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN :
"I don’t think we should be pulling back any funds."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA):
"Yes, the congress could cut off the funds. But the congress will not do that because our men and women are in harm’s way."
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) :
"U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ( D-FL ) today made clear his intention to oppose measures he sees as possibly undermining U.S. troops, like cutting funds... […] Nelson said today he’ll oppose efforts to cut off funding."
Of course, the arguments for Democrats is that they aren't trying to cut funding for the troops. They merely want to redeploy the troops to save them. Or that they aren't cutting funding, they just want to determine when the troops won't need those pesky funds anymore.
But it's hard to hide behind that figleaf when you have this.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday he wants to cut off money for the Iraq war next year, making clear for the first time that Democrats are willing to pull out all the stops to end U.S. involvement...
"In the face of the administration's stubborn unwillingness to change course, the Senate has no choice but to force a change of course," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who signed on Monday as a co-sponsor of Reid's proposal with Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis.
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