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House backs Iraq war funding plan (JSOnline)
Washington - A long-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House on Thursday, along with historic increases in college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims.Source : JSOnline (subscribe)
House votes to provide $162 billion in war funding (Examiner)
A much-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House on Thursday, along with a doubling of college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims.Source : Examiner (subscribe)Explore : Iraq, Senate
House votes to provide $162 billion in war funding (AP)
AP - A long-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House on Thursday, along with historic increases in college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims.
House Passes War-Funding Bill
The House voted to provide $162 billion for President Bush to carry out U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of his term.
House leaders reach deal on war funding bill (Reuters)
Reuters - House of Representatives lawmakers
have struck a deal on an emergency supplemental spending bill
that will fund U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Republican
leader John Boehner said on Wednesday.
House leaders reach deal on war funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House lawmakers have struck a deal on an emergency supplemental spending bill that will fund U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, House Republican Leader John Boehner said on Wednesday.
House Leaders Agree on War Funding
House leaders in both parties have announced a deal on a long-overdue war funding bill. They say President Bush will sign it.
House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars (kansascity.com)
President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill - for now - $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe)
House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars (AP)
AP - President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill — for now — $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas.
$163 billion war funding bill rejected by House (Houston Chronicle)
The House today rejected a $163 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year. Source : Houston Chronicle (subscribe)Explore : US
House Rejects War-Funding Bill
The House voted 148-141 against a proposal to continue funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill would have allocated $162.5 billion to pay for the wars into 2009.
House to boost GI Bill as it passes war funding (Seattle Times)
President Bush wants more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. House Democrats are making him pay for a price - increased education benefits for veterans of those conflicts - to pass his long-stalled request.Source : Seattle Times (subscribe)
House to boost GI Bill as it passes war funding (Examiner)
President Bush wants more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. House Democrats are making him pay for a price - increased education benefits for veterans of those conflicts - to pass his long-stalled request.Source : Examiner (subscribe)
House to boost GI Bill as it passes war funding (AP)
AP - President Bush wants more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. House Democrats are making him pay for a price — increased education benefits for veterans of those conflicts — to pass his long-stalled request.