Congress needs to own up to War

A freely available OPINION

By the Casper Star-Tribune

Filed 2.22.07

Congressional action on the Iraq war since the Democrats took control of the Senate and House in January has been as partisan as it has been disappointing.

House Democrats managed to pass a nonbinding resolution against President Bush's plan to send 21,000 additional troops to Iraq. Republicans procedurally blocked a similar vote in the Senate.

But this purely symbolic resolution produced more shrillness than progress.

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