Actually, Bush was lying

In my previous post about the stoush between Congress and Bush over the supplemental appropriations bill, I wrote:

On April 15, the money for the Iraq War runs out, and then the troops would have to be withdrawn. Itâ??s actually very high stakes poker.

Turns out the deadline Bush referred to is a phantasm. Think Progress reports:

Now we know whoâ??s right. A new report from the Congressional Research Service makes clear that Bushâ??s deadline is completely fabricated:

In a memo to the Senate Budget Committee dated Wednesday, the congressional analysts said the Army has enough money in its existing budget to fund operations and maintenance through the end of May â?? about $52.6 billion. If additional transfer authority is tapped, subject to Congress approving a reprogramming request, the Army would have enough funds to make it through nearly two additional months, or toward the end of July. Using all of its transfer authority, the Army could have as much as $60.1 billion available. [...]

Commenting on the report, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said, â??This study confirms that the President is once again attempting to mislead the public and create an artificial atmosphere of anxiety. He is using scare tactics to defeat bipartisan legislation that would change course in Iraq.â??