I don’t know if you’ve been following the strange tale of the war supplemental bill. Two controversial amendments were attached to the funding. One amendment is funding for the International Monetary Fund (unpopular with Republicans) and the other amendment is the Lieberman-Graham FOIA amendment. The Lieberman-Graham amendment would allow the Secretary of Defense to exempt photos of detainees from release by FOIA. This amendment passed in the Senate.
However, when the supplemental went to the House, the House Progressive Caucus (71 members) refused to allow the Lieberman-Graham amendment to be attached to the bill. Well, Graham and Lieberman are outraged! They are now threatening to filibuster the war funding.
If the provision is eliminated, Lieberman and Graham said they would vote against the supplemental and any attempts to bring debate on the measure to a close. Graham predicted that most, if not all, of the 40 Senate Republicans would do the same, and Lieberman said he would be reaching out to Democrats on the issue as well. That could be enough to filibuster the supplemental measure on the Senate floor, because 60 votes are needed to end debate on a bill.
What, Lieberman, Graham and the Republicans are threatening to cut off money to our troops on the field? Why do they hate our troops?