Article: REP. LEE LEADS BI-PARTISAN GROUP OF 70 HOUSE MEMBERS IN PUTTING PRESIDENT BUSH ON NOTICE OVER UPCOMING IRAQ APPROPRIATIONS

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. (9th CD), issued the following news release:

As public frustration with President Bush's failed Iraq policy continues to mount, a bi-partisan group of 70 members of Congress asserted their power to use the appropriations process to change the policy in Iraq, directly challenging the President's claim that Congress' only power with regard to the conflict is to fund the policy he has set.

Led by Progressive, and Out of Iraq Caucus Chairs Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), and Maxine Waters (D-CA), 70 House Members today delivered a letter to President Bush putting him on notice that when the Congress takes up the FY '08 funding for military operations in ...

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