You can tell this is an election year in which Republicans are running scared. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a number of add-ons for the upcoming Iraq war funding bill, including things such as a 13-week extension in unemployment benefits.
The GOP doesn’t like these things, but in an election year in which Republicans are vulnerable in several Senate seats and running from behind, the Senate GOP is ready to try pulling the wool over the public’s eyes.
They’ll let Reid get his amendments, without the threat of filibuster, then led Bush veto the omnibus bill.
They’ll then vote to uphold Bush’s veto, while trying to blame him for the whole problem.
How, how well the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee can explain this to the public is the key issue.
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