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Gary Ackerman: “They can likewise vote against the annual and supplemental appropriations that fund the war. What Members ought not be…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2010
They can likewise vote against the annual and supplemental appropriations that fund the war. What Members ought not be able to do is to waste 3 full hours of the House's time debating a resolution founded, at best, on a mistake and, at worst, a willful intention to pretend that recent history that we did authorize this war by a 420-1 vote can be dropped into the ``memory hole.'' No matter what Members believe about the war in Afghanistan, this resolution deserves to fail.
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Gary Ackerman
New York
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govinfo.gov
Mar 10, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Ackerman criticizes a resolution related to the war in Afghanistan and its historical context.

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