Originally Posted by Little-Acorn

Democrats in Congress have proposed another war funding bill with a "poison pill" - a measure sure to provoke a Presidential veto. This one contains language threatening to cut off funding if the Iraqi government fails to meet Congress-specified goals and benchmarks.

Unlike a previous funding-and-surrender bill that was quickly vetoed, this bill does not violate the Constitution. Though Congress has no power to dictate the disposition or withdrawl of the armed forces, they do have Constitutional authority to allocate (or refuse to allocate) funds in the way this new bill describes. And, of course, the President has Constitutional authority to veto bills that would disrupt or destroy progress of programs the United States is engaged in. Clearly, this is one such.

President Bush has stated he would veto the new bill if it reached his desk in its present form.

White House issues veto threat on new Iraq funding bill - CNN.com