Four Iraq bills being considered today

Today, the U.S. Senate is preparing to vote on four Iraq measures.  Here is a run-down of each bill:

• Feingold-Reid Plan: A bill that cuts off almost all funding for the Iraq war on March 31, 2008 -- with the exception of funds that go towards protecting military personnel, training and arming Iraqi forces, and conducting limited counter-terrorism operations in trouble spots such as Al Anbar and Diyala.
• Warner Plan: A bill that links reconstruction aide to specific benchmarks that the Iraqi government must meet in order to continue to get funding.  This is along the lines of the House bill that was passed last week.
• Levin-Reed Plan: A bill that calls for the withdrawal of U.S. forces to begin this September unless the Iraqi government can meet specific benchmarks.  The bill also gives Bush the power to waive the withdrawal requirement.
• Cochran Plan: A bill that gives the funding that the President wanted, and does not set benchmarks.

There is also talk about a fifth bill that, according to the LA Times, Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell agreed would be considered on Thursday.  That bill would simply give Bush the funds he wants, without benchmarks or timetables.