Can anyone help me to understand the just passed Iraq war spending bills by the Congress?

Question

Do the bills that passed contain timelines for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq and are these timelines binding or are there waivers attached that would allow the President to ignore the timelines?Also,when are the two bills going to be combined into one bill called a conference report,which reconciles the differences between the bill passed from the House,and the the bill passed by the Senate?When will the House and the Senate vote on the conference report and will the conference report have a name and a number so that I can find out how my Senators and Representive voted on what I believe is the conference report on a supplemental appropriations request for more money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Answer 1

The House version contains a mandatory withdrawal by September 2008. The Senate version requires an immediate phased (partial) withdrawal, with a non-binding goal of a full withdrawal by March 2008. Both contain the funding that Bush has requested for continued combat operations.

Now, the two chambers haggle between them to come up with a single version that gets voted on by both chambers. Once the House and Senate pass the same version, it goes to Bush.

You can trace the lineage of the versions on the Library of Congress site (thomas.loc.gov)

Answer 2

Only if the president signs it will it become law.

He will have that opportunity when the House and Senate agree on a bill to send him.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bdsa0u:@@@D&summ2=m&|/bss/d110query.html|

Answer 3

it is a bunch of useless drivel . It is also dead on arrival, Bush will veto and no override is possible