Permanent Bases in Iraq

==Background==
The concept of No Permanent Bases was put into law in both the US House and US Senate. But it was removed in conference committee in June, 2006
A congressional conference committee is formed to work out differences in bills passed from the US Senate and US House of Representatives. Identical bills are not always passed.
Both chambers passed amendments to the Emergency supplemental spending bill stipulating that no permanent US military bases could be built in Iraq. But, conference committee, behind closed doors, resolved that non-difference by deleting it, presenting a blatant violation of the rules of Congress and an unconstitutional voiding of the will of the people as expressed by their Representatives and Senators. 
The House was the first to pass the "no permanent bases" amendment, in March 2006. Only one media outlet in the nation reported on the matter, the San Francisco Chronicle, which wrote:
:"Lee's amendment, which would bar the use of any funds in the new spending bill to establish permanent bases, passed on a voice vote, with no one speaking in opposition. President Bush and some top administration officials have said the U.S. military has no interest in permanent bases, the prospect of which is among the causes of anti-American unrest in Iraq. Leaders of the Republican majority also may have chosen to avoid a debate and recorded vote on Lee's proposal because they didn't want to go on record endorsing a permanent military presence in Iraq when polls show Americans oppose the war. Opponents also may try to strike the amendment when leaders of the House and Senate reconcile their bill for final passage. 'In adopting this amendment, we can take the target off our troops' backs by sending a strong and immediate signal to the Iraqi people, the insurgents and the international community that the United States has no designs on Iraq,' Lee said on the House floor."