US House leaders agree to fund Iraq war without timetables

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I wonder if Speaker Pelosi will force the CSM to rewrite this article, since she claims she WON'T vote for the funding.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0524/p01s03-uspo.html

US House leaders agree to fund Iraq war without timetables

The House is expected to approve a measure Thursday that fully funds the president's $96 billion request but does not set a deadline for troop withdrawal.
By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

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Washington - The 108-day standoff between Congress and President Bush over war funding is poised to come to an end.

A measure expected to be approved by the House Thursday fully funds the president's $96 billion request for fiscal year 2007, with new reporting requirements, but not the deadline for withdrawal of US forces that Mr. Bush says he would veto.

A second measure adds about $20 billion in domestic spending to the war-funding package. It includes money for veterans' healthcare, children's healthcare, Katrina recovery, and a minimum wage increase.

It will mean that House Democratic leaders will have met their own Memorial Day deadline for funding the troops, without requiring their members to take a high-profile vote on the combined war-funding package.

"It's a brilliant way to go forward," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after a meeting with the House Democratic caucus to explain the bill on Tuesday.

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