Debate continues in the U.S. House heading toward a Friday vote on a resolution disapproving of President Bush's announced and partially implemented troop surge in Iraq. The debate on the ten-line resolution will go for at least 36 hours, with just about all members of the House getting to weigh-in. California Republican Darrell Issa accused Democrats of disapproving of the troop surge, therefore supporting the status quo
Issa: This resolution, if heeded by the administration, says, stay a failed course of action.
Issa continued with a Republican theme in the House that the resolution disapproving of the troop increase, though non-binding, was just the start of efforts to de-fund the war in Iraq:
Issa: The next step, after, 'Mr. President, we will not send more troops,' is 'Mr. President, we will not send more tanks.'
Democratic San Diego Representative Susan Davis said the increased force level won't accomplish what the President intends.
Davis: Because it will not end the insurgency, halt military activity, or hasten our departure from Iraq.
Davis says increasing troop levels will not provide any benefit when the Administration refuses to see possible diplomatic solutions in Iraq.
KPBS Radio will air a one-hour recap of today's Iraq resolution debate from NPR at 6:00 this evening. Listen»
KPBS Senior Editor Alan Ray contributed to this story.
