Nancy Pelosi, in a move that is still perplexing to me, is going all out to pass the supplemental appropriations bill that funds the war for a very long time. According to The Hill, she’s playing hard-ball with the anti-war caucus:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is holding the implied threat of lost
committee seats over the heads of Democratic Caucus members who may
vote against her $124 billion Iraq war supplemental bill.

Faced
with the possibility of losing the first really big vote since taking
majority control in the November elections, Pelosi is talking tough to
wavering lawmakers and isolating those opposed to the bill.

Democrats picked up some undecided lawmakers yesterday as they
edged closer to the 218 votes they need to pass the bill when it
reaches the House floor tomorrow or Friday. Pelosi is spending 90
percent of her time trying to sway the 10 percent of the caucus that is
either undecided or opposed to the bill, according to a senior lawmaker
and a leadership aide.

She has been hardest on members of the
Appropriations Committee and her fellow Californians who oppose the
measure. The Speaker pointedly reminded Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a
leading opponent of the bill, that she had appointed her to the
Appropriations Committee, three Democratic lawmakers said.

On the other hand, as reported yesterday, some people are standing on strong principle to end the war. In New York, if my fellow New Yorkers are reading this, here’s what we know, via Progressive Democrats of America:

Undecided

Yvette Clarke
John Hall
Maurice Hinchey
Louise Slaughter
Nydia Velazquez

NY Delegation VOTING NO but need to be called for confirmation
Rep. Edolphus Towns (as reported in The Hill)

NY Delegation CONFIRMED COMMITMENT TO VOTING NO
Rep. Charles Rangel (as reported in his comments)

NY Delegation Voting YES
Rep. Michael Arcuri (as reported in The Hill)
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (as reported in The Hill)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (as reported in The Hill)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (as reported in The Nation)
Rep. Jose Serrano (as reported in The Nation)

I’ve not been a fan of Ed Towns’ since his vote for CAFTA but this redeems him slightly in my eyes. As for those voting YES, Gillibrand and Arcuri should be remembered when they come asking for money and help for their re-election fights.