Senate Passes Bush War Funding Bill 92 - 6

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/ts_nm/iraq_usa_funding_dc;_ylt=AkAkgjmvS3pj.VLSn2ERlIsJr7sF

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved $161.8 billion in new funds to continue fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next year, without timetables for withdrawing combat troops.

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The Senate's 92-6 vote to pass the war-funding bill marked a victory for Bush, who has vigorously opposed any move by Congress to impose timetables for ending the Iraq war, now in its sixth year.

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The new war money could last through mid-2009, well past Bush's departure from office on January 20.

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The new money for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan puts the war tab since late 2001 at more than $800 billion, with most of that money going to Iraq.

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1. Not exactly true

The funding part of the bill was voted on a while back. WHat they voted on yesterday was the part that contained mainly the new Webb-Hagel GI bill and extension of unemployement benefits. So the very high AYE votes is actually a very good thing.

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2. McCain didn't show up