Democrats are highly unlikely to stop funding the troops, but they may have an alternative roadblock for George W. Bush's proposed "surge" of troops in Iraq:

Rather than try to restrict funds for the troops (which he sees as a political blunder that would delight Republicans), Emanuel instead favors a proposal by Rep. John Murtha to set strict standards for readiness — which would make it hard to finance the troop surge in Iraq without beefing up the military as a whole. The idea is to position the Democrats as friends of the military, even as they denounce Bush's Iraq policy.