What will happen if the compromise cannot be reached between Bush and Congress for the funding bill?

Question

What will happen if after Bush vetos the bill, congress cannot pass a new bill; or Bush vetos the new bill..... and no solution after military runs out the funding?

Will US troops be forced to withdrawl? Or commander-in-chief will ask them to keep fighting with no training, no equipment, and no pay?

Answer 1

Bush can get the f u c k out of the whitehouse...Time is long overdue for impeachment.

Answer 2

The military will continue to conduct operations in Iraq as directed by the CinC. In the short run the monetary difference can be made up by delaying training, facilities and equipment maintenance, etc...

If it goes on for a year or so it will have a devastating effect on stateside militry readiness. No training, broken equipment, frozen pay, and the like. The only thing that can force the issue at all is the Supreme Court if Congress refuses to pass any budget bill at all. The Courts have no say on what is included in the bill, other than it be required to provide sufficient funding to accomplish the directives of the bill (i.e. you can't give the Army Corps of Engineers one dollar build New Orlean and threaten to fire anyone who says it can't be done.)

Answer 3

Congress will send Bush another bill that allows 2 or 3 months of funding with no strings. By the time the funding authority for this bill expires, the report on whether the surge is working will be out. If the surge is not producing results, a number of Republican Congressmen will withdraw their support for the Iraq war. There will be enough votes to override a presidential veto, and a bill to cut funding for the war will become law.

Answer 4

They will be funded from the general fund but that takes money away from other areas such as welfare and morale, which of course hurts them as well.

Congress has only one thing it can do legally, fund or not. If they attach stuff to it, the president should veto it and I would hope he continue to do so.

AMerica sees right through this and knows the democrats are hurting our men.

62% of Americans disapprove of the Democrats handling of Iraq, while only 37% approve (ABC News/Washington Post, 4/12-15, 2007).

56% of Americans say, if President Bush vetoes the Democrats’ plan for withdrawal, Congress should still “allow funding for the war” even if there is no timetable. Only 36% want to withhold funding. A majority of Republicans (84%) and Independents (52%) want to allow funding, while only 51% of Democrats want to withhold it (CBS News, 4/20-24, 2007).

A mid-March Bloomberg poll revealed 61% of Americans believe withholding funding for the war is a bad idea, while only 28% believe it is a good idea (3/3-11, 2007).

A Public Opinion Strategies poll found that 56% of registered voters favor fully funding the war in Iraq, with more voters strongly favoring funding (40%) than totally opposing it (38%; 3/25-27, 2007).

According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, 61% of Americans oppose “denying the funding needed to send any additional U.S. troops to Iraq,” and opposition is up from 58% in February (3/23-25, 2007).

Answer 5

First of all....The current bill doesn't stand a chance because of all the extras in it such as minimum wage.I bet 3/4 of you didn't know that fact.This bill has been nothing short of politics for the upcoming presidential election.Politics should not include the soldiers in the field.Shame on the democrats for saying they support the troops and not prooving it by sending the money they need.Dems complain of medical services,walter reid,lack of proper equipment,lack of troop strength,better reconstruction,iraqi utilities,hospitals,police,etc.....How dare they play politics with americas and iraqs future.How politically stupid are americans?Dems are so sure about winning the whitehouse they can pull the troops out then.The truth is that the dems are not going to withdraw either.That's why they want bush to do it now so he reaps the political ramifications if the islamists follow through on their threats.One thing is for sure....dems just lost more of the military vote.

Answer 6

George will be stuck between a rock and a hard place when he doesn't get his way with the troops. He'll attempt to blame the democrats but everyone will know it's his fault entirely that he sent more troops over their when he didn't have enough funds for the one already there! I guess you'll see georges face on the news constantly crying and giving everyone the sob story looking for the sympathy vote for him! What a sick ticket he really is now!

Answer 7

I have this recurring nightmare that Bush and Chaney, unable to govern or do their job with the unwavering resistance of al-congress, resign and Pelosi becomes Prez and makes Harry Reid her veep. The two then run for the offices in the 2008 election and win. That is the part where I wake up, screaming....

Answer 8

The U.S. military would still have ammo, they would just get it from their enormous stock pile. As for delivering it, they can always use the U.S. oil reserves. Pay might be a problem. The U.S. military is already doing life fire training excerises. That $600 billion would be probably help relieve the national debt, as what happened with California's debt when California faced a budget crises (giving out IOUs).

Answer 9

There will be a compromise. This is just political posturing designed to allow the Democratic Congress to force Bush to play by their terms. It's really just to show who wears the pants in DC. No one is going to let the troops go without adequate supplies and pay (again).

Answer 10

No, because the Dems know they will lose the election if they REALLY keep our troops from being funded. They are making a point and can say 'see, if it were up to US....'