BUSH OPPOSES FLYING FLAG AT HALF-STAFF TO HONOR FALLEN U.S. TROOPS [+] ballot by cranky ACTIVE Fri May 18, 07 - Wed Feb 10, 10 House passes flag bill Bush opposed. “Governors could order federal facilities to lower their flags to honor fallen military troops under legislation passed by the House Tuesday.” Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat whose northern Michigan district has lost close to 20 people in fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he sponsored the bill after unsuccessfully trying to persuade President Bush to issue an executive order on the issue. The bill passed 408-4 and now goes to the Senate, where Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., have introduced parallel legislation. The measure would amend federal law with regard to the flying of the national flag at half-staff to allow a governor to require that federal facilities in the state lower their flags when a member of the armed forces from that state dies while on active duty. (Think Progress) * * * * * * * * Do you support allowing state governors to call for flags to be flown at half-staff at all government facilities to honor the ultimate sacrifice made by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan? Yes No Ballot #114988 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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