Finally.

It seems that the House is finally beginning to listen to the American people: The military spending committee has determined to put a bill to the floor that will limit the amount of troops in Iraq based upon the Iraqi government's ability and/or willingness to meet the conditions their US counterparts play. The Senate is stepping it up as well, with their Budget Committee moving to use the Congressional Budget Office's estimates for the Iraq/ Afghanistan budget. However, they are also planning on troop presence for at least another five years. What do the American people have to do to get their message across here? Dems, there is only one reason you have a majority; your constituencies want their troops OUT NOW. Joe Biden and Carl Levin are taking it to the Senate, with a proposal to bring our troops home by March of 2008. Though this seems like it is mainly a publicity stunt, it will at least get the notion that it is possible into the heads of our representatives, and they will hopefully move soon after. If the Democrats want to maintain the momentum they need to get one of their own into the White House in 2009, they need to do what the voters want, and what that is is plenty clear at this point.