Finally some oversight and control on Bush's spending on the war

Now that the Democrats are in power, and Nancy Pelosi essentially controls the Federal budget, Bush is swiftly learning that he can no longer get whatever he wants, without conditions, and Nancy Pelosi is making that clear once again.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday linked her support for President Bush's war-funding request to strict standards of resting, training and equipping combat forces, a move that could curtail troop deployments and alter the course of U.S. involvement in Iraq.

The pledge came as Congress appears ready to assert its authority in matters of war and diplomacy, down to decisions that the White House believes to be the domain solely of the president as commander in chief: the deployment and training of military forces.

The House is to vote today on a nonbinding resolution disapproving of Bush's decision to deploy more than 21,000 additional troops to Iraq. Also, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) announced a rare Saturday vote to begin debate on the House resolution.

That Senate debate on that Iraq resolution was derailed by seven flip flopping, senile Republicans last week.

The House began debating the non-binding resolution Wednesday, and (as stated above) is expected to wrap up debate sometime today. I'll have more on that if, and when a vote is taken this afternoon.