Calvert Votes Against Democrat's 'Terms of Defeat'

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CALVERT VOTES AGAINST DEMOCRAT'S ‘TERMS OF DEFEAT'

Today Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) voted against the Democrat Iraq War Supplemental Appropriations bill which passed the House this evening.

"I was in Iraq last month and was repeatedly asked by American troops why Congress does not support them and the mission," stated Rep. Calvert. "This plan ensures that our service members will no longer have to wonder if Congress supports them, but why Congress does not support them."

The war supplemental places timetables for troop withdrawals, providing U.S. enemies in Iraq a specific date in which the U.S. will hand the country over to terrorists. The disastrous bill, in order to recruit votes, also includes billions in unrelated funding.

According the House Budget Committee, among the emergencies funded in the measure are the following:

$3.7 billion in agriculture disaster assistance for crop years 2005, 2006, and part of 2007;

$25 million for spinach growers who suffered losses as a result of last year's E.coli breakout;

$74-million budget gimmick essentially to extend the Peanut Storage Costs Program. The supplemental makes the budget authority available on the last day of fiscal year 2007, ensuring that the program will be extended to the 2007 crop year of peanuts, whose costs fall entirely into fiscal year 2008.

"Our troops will wonder why it is so difficult for Congress to do its part when they are the ones doing the heavy lifting, laying their lives on the line, and burying their brothers - and sisters - in arms," said Rep. Calvert. "Our military stands ready to finish the job and yet the Democratic controlled Congress is the one who lacks the will to give them the tools they need. I reject this Defeat-On-The-Installment-Plan"

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