Congress Finding Themselves Powerless

As President Bush deloys more troops to Iraq, Congress finds themselves useless against his Iraqi War decisions. Bush has previously declared himself "the decision maker" which has even led Senate Republicans to rebel. Even though Congress does hold power of purse, cutting of funding to the troops can potentially be political peril. The Senate will hold hearings this week to find alternative ways to stop what they believe not to be in the interest of the nation. Possibilities can include putting forth a resolution to stop funding troops deployed from a certain date, or even calling back troops to leave a minimal amount to continue to train and patrol Iraq. Then again Congress realizes that veto power remains in the hands of the President and overriding the veto would be very difficult.
"Congress used its war powers to cut off or put conditions on funding for the Vietnam war and conflicts in Cambodia, Somalia and Bosnia" (Yahoo! News). They can certainly do it again.