A Billion Here, A Billion There ....

Another $150 Billion down the tubes .....

The House has to agree and it looks like there may be a fly in the ointment:

Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-WI) said today that he will not report out a war supplemental spending bill this year unless the White House makes drastic changes in its Iraq strategy. Obey demanded three conditions: 1) the White House would have to establish a goal to end U.S. involvement in the country, 2) ensure that troops receive adequate downtime between deployments, and 3) begin a “broad scale diplomatic offensive” involving other countries in the region. Obey also said he will soon unveil a “surtax,” designed to raise $140 billion to $150 billion. “We need to stop pretending that this war doesn’t cost anything,” he said.

Does he have the power to get away with this? Will it actually happen? I'm not optimistic, but you never know .....