A new poll by International Communications Research found 68% of Americans want Congress to use the power of the purse to bring all troops home from Iraq within the next six months. This is up from 54% last September.
While this was paid for by Democrats.com, ICR is a straight and narrow polling company. These are valid results:
Should Congress:
Give President Bush 100 billion dollars to keep U.S. troops in Iraq for the rest of 2008 and beyond
13.4%Give President Bush 170 billion dollars to keep U.S. troops in Iraq in 2009 and beyond
9.8%Give President Bush 50 billion dollars to bring U.S. troops safely home within 6 Months
16.8%Require President Bush to use existing funds to bring U.S. troops safely home within 6 months
51.2%Don’t know
5.8%Refused to answer
3.0%