The house stands firm

"Earlier today, the leader and I sent to the president a bill that made a strong commitment to support our men and women in uniform, and a strong commitment to honor our promises to our veterans. This was a bill that was worthy of the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. It was a bill that honored and respected the wishes of the American people to have benchmarks, to have guidelines, to have standards for what is happening in Iraq.... The president vetoed the bill outright and, frankly, misrepresented what this legislation does," said Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi n response to President Bush's veto of the Iraq supplemental bill. Pelosi's full commentary.

Despite lacking the majority to overrule the presidential veto Pelosi and fellow democrats stand strong. I hope that they continue to do so until the President is forced to compromise on a committment to leave Iraq in exchange for funding.