Harkin Votes to Keep Troops in Iraq With No Timetables

The Senate just voted on the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill for Iraq. Sen. Harkin voted for the bill that lacks meaningful benchmarks and no timelines to withdrawal our troops out of Iraq.

I had thought Harkin was a sure no vote on this issue. Harkin supported the Feingold-Reid bill and a bill back in March to set a timetable of March, 2008. For some reason Harkin did not find it worthwhile enough to have a timetable in this bill. I didn't expect Harkin to rollover on this issue.

Even though this was a funding bill, this issue isn't about money and funding. It is about our troops being put into harms way and more troops dying. 70% of Americans support a deadline to withdrawal our troops. Bush is getting another blank check in Iraq and war without end will continue.


**Update**
Here's a list of the Senators that voted against the bill. Dodd made a push to get other Senators to vote and Obama and Clinton end up voting no at the last minute. Biden voted yes, but said it was a bad bill (If it was bad then why vote for it?). Three Republicans (Burr, Coburn, and Enzi) voted against the bill, but they aren't Gordon Smith, Norm Coleman, and Susan Collins, who are vulnerable Republicans up for reelection.