Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
09/19/2007
Pelosi: Senate Republicans Vote Again to Support Bush’s 10-Year War and Against Troop Readiness
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following
statement today after Senate Republicans blocked an amendment by Senator Jim
Webb of Virginia to enhance military readiness:
“The actions taken by Senate Republicans to defeat the Webb
amendment run counter to the wishes of the American people. Once again, Republicans chose to stand with
President Bush in support of a 10-year, trillion dollar war in
“The Webb proposal, which the House passed in August under the leadership of Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher, enhances our military readiness by requiring that active duty forces have at least the same amount of time at home as the length of their deployment.”