As Nicole reported the other day, the House abandoned its effort to limit President Bush's ability to attack Iran without Congressional authorization. In a very positive development, Nancy Pelosi quietly promised House Appropriation Democrats that she will introduce the measure as a stand-alone bill.

On March 13, the same day House Appropriations Chairman David R. Obey, D-Wis., said he had removed the Iran provision from the draft war spending measure, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., quietly promised Appropriations Committee Democrats that she would soon bring the measure up as a stand-alone bill, said James P. Moran, D-Va., who attended the meeting in Pelosi’s suite.