Re: [Marxism] Democrats kowtow to Republican "moderates"

[jk68 <jkayo68@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3177
Media Advisory
Media Misrepresent Dems' Options on Iraq War
Confusing 'can't' and 'won't'
9/12/07

Following a pattern set when Congress passed supplemental funding for
the Iraq War last May (FAIR Media Advisory, 6/1/07), major media
outlets continued to "explain" the politics of the war in incomplete
and misleading ways.

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The problem with all these accounts is that Congress does not have to
pass legislation to bring an end to the war in Iraq--it simply has to
block passage of any bill that would continue to fund the war. This
requires not 67 or 60 Senate votes, or even 51, but just 41--the
number of senators needed to maintain a filibuster and prevent a bill
from coming up for a vote. In other words, the Democrats have more
than enough votes to end the Iraq War--if they choose to do so.

The Democratic leadership may believe--rightly or wrongly--that such a
strategy would entail unacceptable political costs. But that's very
different from being unable to affect policy. To insist, as many media
outlets have, that the Constitution makes it impossible for Congress

full: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3177



On 9/13/07, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Democrats Push Toward Middle On Iraq Policy
>
> By Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray
> Washington Post Staff Writers
> Thursday, September 13, 2007; A01
>
>

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