Debate on the anti-surge resolution continues, and everyone is stating their case. Here's Dave Loebsack:
For too long Congress refused to stand up to the administration. Our actions today must mark the beginning of Congress's oversight role, not the end.
The time has come to tell President Bush enough is enough! Last November, the American people spoke. They spoke loudly and clearly on a number of issues but none more passionately and forcefully than the war in Iraq. The American people, long before this debate this week, decided that the misadventure in Iraq must end.
More from Loebsack later today says the in box:
Rep. Dave Loebsack to comment on President Bush's plan to escalate the war in Iraq Friday, February 16. The footage will be sent from Washington, D.C. via satellite FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 FROM 4:30 - 5:15p.m.
The Reg provides handy-dandy complete statements from all five Iowans. And the Iowa Senate lends its support on a voice vote.
But will the House sign on too? Pat Murphy doesn't think so, and he's not sure on stem cells either: "At this point, I don't know if we have enough votes to pass it." Well, why not?
All the papers have their reviews of Vilsack on Leno which I missed apparantly he did a bit where the security guards didn't recognize him and repeated the basic bits - rock solid, never been ahead and never lost, etc. for a new audience.
Maybe more significantly, the Vilsackers are phonebanking and my phone rang yesterday with the basic pre-caucus call. The Ex Guv is coming to town March 2 to the Hamburg Inn, which I could actually see from where I was standing in the laundromat. It was a decent earnest kid for hire on the other end; I felt more informed than the caller but then I'm probably not a typical call.
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