appropriations

Congress has passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and it's on its way to a promised veto. This should make for some fascinating politics that will carry all the way into the heat of summer. Let's follow it here.

According to Iraq Study Group report (http://www.usip.org/isg/), it's $3 billion for FY 2006. That is less than two weeks of spending by US on Iraq. The report says this along with the main comment that the Iraqi troops lack equipment. With all the corporate outsourcing we have seen, wouldn't...

I haven't seen it on any web site, but the news from Air America today (Rachel Maddo and Randi Rhodes) is that Tom Delay has been selected to fill a vacant seat on the House Appropriations committee. Moreover, he is on the subcommittee that holds oversight for the Justice department. You know...