House votes to provide $162 billion in war funding

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.

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Senate deals defeat to Bush on Iraq war spending

In a stunning vote that illustrated President Bush's diminished standing, the Senate on Thursday ignored his veto threat and added tens of billions of dollars for veterans and the unemployed to his Iraq war spending bill.

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Highlights of Senate Iraq war funding bill

Highlights of a Senate bill passed Thursday to pay for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. Key provisions would:

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Senate loads up war funding bill with other things

The Senate Tuesday kicked off debate on legislation to add a grab bag of domestic programs to President Bush's war request, including work permits for immigrant farm labor and heating subsidies for the poor. The White House renewed its veto threat.

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White House renews veto threat against troop funding bill

Congress appears increasingly unlikely to meet its goal of approving President Bush's war funding request before Memorial Day as divisions deepened among Democrats and the White House issued a fresh veto threat.

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Democrats seek to avoid Iraq funding vote this fall

Democrats in Congress, seeking to avoid a vote on funding the Iraq war during the fall campaign season, are considering combining President Bush's two pending requests into a single bill to be voted on this spring.

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Iraq Funding: A Compromise between the Gov't Branches

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about the Iraq war funding bill that Bush had just vetoed. In the post, I stressed the need for a compromise and how punishing our troops by cutting off their funding was not an answer.

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Congress sent President Bush a new Iraq funding bill yesterday that lacked troop withdrawal deadlines demanded by liberal Democrats, but party leaders vowed it was only a temporary setback in their efforts to bring home American troops.

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"To say I was disappointed in the meeting is an understatement," Reid, D-Nev., told reporters. "I really did expect that the president would accept some accountability for what we're trying to accomplish here.

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iraq is about our congress being courageous enough to tell bush, "again, señor forajido, it is time to end this occupation--what part of no, do you not understand?"

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Bush and some Republican members of Congress have long accused Democrats of "not supporting the troops" because of calls for an Iraq withdrawal timetable and cutting funds.

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