A web search of the term "spineless Democrats" delivers a trove of lefty blogger invective aimed at mainstream Democrats, whose sins include voting to continue funding troops fighting in Iraq.
The Southern Baptists have also made it quite clear to the Scouts that they will cease funding troops unless they continue to throw out scouts who are gay.
"Instead of passing clean bills that fund our troops on the front lines," he said, "the House and Senate have spent this time debating bills that undercut the troops".
He knew you had to fund those troops!
"We must fund our troops," Mr. Obama said after the second vote.
"The Senate majority leader now says he's willing to hold up a bipartisan bill to fund our troops, border security and other federal responsibilities, rather than let the president decide if this pipeline project should move forward," Mr. McConnell said.
The Pentagon has requested $58.6 billion, for Fiscal Year 2015, to fund U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The U.S., E.U. and Japan are giving millions to fund weapons, troops and air strikes in Mali.
The only three Republicans who voted to "fund our troops" did so after the Democrats had secured the 60 votes they needed to overcome the effort.
