Liberals in Congress threatened earlier this month to to combine all federal government spending for the year into one massive appropriations bill ^[1]. To avoid a veto of the tens of billions of dollars in new deficit domestic spending ^[2] they want, liberals were prepared to hold hostage troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Now, thankfully, Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) signals that he will not condone such tactics. Congress Daily reports: ^[3] “The decorated war veteran said he hopes to avoid any ‘unnecessary disruptions’ in enacting the spending bill. President Bush has said he will not accept a bill that includes unrelated spending items, and OMB Director James Nussle reiterated last week that the White House would veto any supplemental containing non-war spending.”

Other liberals in Congress should follow Inouye’s responsible, brave and honest lead.