Will the Senate Veto This Travesty?

Yesterday the House of Representatives voted down a pork laden defense appropriations bill that also included mandates on troop withdrawals and today it is the Senate's turn.

Let's see what they do?

The package, approved on a voice vote, includes $169 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through part of next year and more than $25 billion in new domestic spending, The Hill, a Washington publication, reported. It also sets a goal for troops to be moved out of a military role in Iraq by June 2009.

There is so much going on in Washington this week and Michelle Malkin is busy tracking the latest attempt to get some sort of amnesty legislation pushed through via the backdoor.

"But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. It behooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your States as well as in the Federal Government." -- Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address, March 4, 1837