Appropriations Lines Softening
Senate Democratic leaders, in particular, seemed to step back from their previous refusals to even consider providing Iraq War funding without troop withdrawal timelines, tacitly acknowledging that
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Senate Democratic leaders, in particular, seemed to step back from their previous refusals to even consider providing Iraq War funding without troop withdrawal timelines, tacitly acknowledging that
Will centrist Democrats support Iraq funding without troop pullout timelines? How much does the desire to leave town before Christmas Eve affect all of that?
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) reluctant to spark another showdown with the White House, Democrats are likely to abandon their efforts to set specific timelines
Correction Appended Concerns over war spending and timelines for withdrawal of troops from Iraq remain the focus of Congress this week with a massive supplemental appropriations bill due to
And just last week, Bush pledged to block the House Democrats’ supplemental spending bill for the war if it puts too many conditions and timelines on funding for the Iraq conflict.