Possible Repeal of 2002 War Authorization?

According to today's Washington Post, Senate Democratic leaders are drawing up a proposal to unveil next week repealing the Iraq war authorization of 2002, due to it being outdated. However, they are torn within the party about how to proceed with this binding legislation. Some don’t want to have to waste money funding the debate, fearing it will receive fire from Republicans saying that the Democrats aren’t supporting the troops. Others take a more aggressive view, believing the most effective way to confront President Bush's war policy is through a $100 billion war-spending bill that the president ultimately must sign to keep the war effort on track.
Putting a more restrictive authorization on the war would give more time for troops to train and be fully equipped for battle, halting the time of sending the 21,500 more gradually. This proposal would call for troops to withdraw from Iraq as soon as March 31, 2008.
Senior Democratic aides said the proposed resolution would be sent directly to the Senate floor for action, without committee review, possibly as an amendment to a homeland security bill scheduled for debate next week. Once the combat phase ends, troops would be restricted to assisting Iraqis with training, border security and counterterrorism.
Although we see articles in today’s papers about discussion within Congress to slow down the Bush administrations’ plans, this one has some teeth to it since this resolution is the first to be binding instead of non-binding.
I think this story is important enough for readers to stay in tune to. “No news” people will probably not read this, but as dry as it is, it is necessary if one is trying to figure out the media’s agenda to present this wordy information in an accurate manner. I will be following this resolution to see how it holds up next week. Keeping strong public policy with the Democrats is necessary right now for any changes to happen in regards to solving this dilemma with the war.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022201743.html