While The Dems in Congress Stall, Pentagon and Troops Go Begs

The Politico reports that the Pentagon is now begging Congress for the authority to shift money around to pay for our troops in the field. Why? Because the Democrats haven't passed the Emergency War Supplemental yet.

The Department of Defense asked Congress on Wednesday for the authority to transfer $9.7 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as Congress continues to debate a massive war supplemental spending bill.

The Pentagon said the emergency request to borrow or transfer funds from other areas was necessary because Congress has not yet finished its work on the massive bill, which would provide over $160 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through next year.

“Congressional approval of this $9.7 billion reprogramming [request] will only allow another few weeks of operations until the department as a whole runs out of critical funding,” read a statement posted Thursday on the Department of Defense website.

“Should Congress fail to pass the [war supplemental] by mid-July, the department will have exhausted all military personnel and operations funding and will, at minimum, be unable to make payroll for both military and civilian personnel throughout the department.

That's nice. No soldiers get paid after the 15th of July, because the Democrats are more interested in scoring election year political points than they are in supporting the troops. How sweet of the Democrats to show their support this way.

I'm sure that this story will be on the front pages of all of the newspapers this morning...