Emergency (Iraq) Supplemental Passes Senate: 51-47

Others call it War Supplemental. NOT!

Library of Congress Records (Thomas) defines:

S.965
Title: An original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations...

The Knot for Naught Dance may be NOT as well.
Will the president veto? Will the president compromise?
To will or not to will? That is the question.
The choice to dance is in the president's hands, the congress may still have the last foot down.

The Senate delivered the amount that the president wanted and then some.

[at this moment(posting within seconds of original post): Sen. Robert Byrd Senate Appropriations Committee Chair is calling for working together on a "responsible plan" for Iraq and not demonizing "democracy". The latter was my word, he said "congress".]
More later: below unread. [See MyDD.]

[8:33 update: Actually the more later will likely be a separate post. But Sen. Bryd just concluded, in thanks to the staff for their hard work on this bill.

"the hard work, the hard work"..."did you get that?"...

if not a third "the hard work" evoked (at his usual eloquent pace). I knew that this would be a memorable speech.]