New War Spending Bill

Seems like Republicans will continue the war. A new war spending bill passed on Wedesday with an estinmated 120 billion to help fund the war until September 1, with an additional 20 billion for domestic issues. This acts as a major blow to the Democrats, even with the added gains, there seems to be no end to the war. There is no timetable for the return of troops.

What happened? Why did democrats give up so easily? Owning both Houses of Congress, democrats should have pushed for another bill even with the threat of a veto. They should have kept pushing for more bills. They essentially accepted defeat from the Republicans, again.

So, the war is still a major issue of the presidential race. The end of any type of conflict in Iraq has no end in sight. I hope congress will be not be afraid to be called unpatriotic for fighting for what is right.