Rangel Pushes Against Inertia Of War
If he really wants questions about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to be answered, why didn’t Representative Rangel co-sponsor H.R. 104? Is Rangel content merely seeking answers about the wars’ ends?
Posts Tagged 'war'
Pakistan Taliban Support Rewarded By Lugar-Kerry Bill
Economically and militarily, the Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act is contrary to the national interest of the United States.
Speaking Against The War In Afghanistan
A survey of recent comments by members of the House of Representatives against extra funding for the war in Afghanistan.
Bipartisan Coalition Attempts To Force US Military Out Of Pakistan
H. Con. Res. 301 would have required a complete American military pullout from Pakistan by the end of this December.
Kucinich On Afghanistan Again
Comments by Dennis Kucinich on Afghanistan 8 years ago sound as if they could have been made today.
Most House Democrats Support Extra Money For More War
Most Democrats and Republicans alike saw fit to allow the Obama Administration to continue fighting what has become the longest war in American history and opposed holding the military to its budget as well, contradicting their previous speeches about the dangers of out of control spending.
McGovern Blasts Sacrifice Of Domestic Needs For Afghan War
James McGovern spoke this week in favor of a shift of spending away from Afghanistan and back toward domestic needs.
War Is Making You Poor
The War Is Making You Poor Act would forbid that additional spending, and require the U.S. government to direct 90 percent of that money to pay for the federal tax on the first $35,000 of every American’s income. Even after this astounding reduction in federal income tax, 16 billion dollars in savings would be left over.
Cloward Confronts Garamendi Flip Flop on Afghanistan
The rational alternative to escalating the war in Afghanistan is the withdrawal of American soldiers, but that’s an alternative that John Garamendi has refused to grapple with.
Republicans Against War?
Long wars like the one in Afghanistan require huge amounts of spending and the maintenance of huge government bureaucracies.
