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Blank Check for Afghanistan Passes, Iraq Funds to ComeQuicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples No comments
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| the House passed an omnibus spending bill Monday night that contains $31 billion for the war in Afghanistan, with the expectation that Iraq war funding will be added in the Senate. The bill submits to most of Bush's requests on domestic spending. Unlike the $50 billion Democratic war funding bill proposed in November, which was defeated in the Senate, the new bill contains no provisions for a troop withdrawal. |
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