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Submitted by OurFuture.org Staff
hosted.ap.org — President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House as anti-war
Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill
— for now — $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas. The unlikely
coalition formed when Republicans expected to provide the winning margin for
the Iraq and Afghanistan
funding instead sat out the vote in protest. The GOP revolt was a response to
Democratic tactics in advancing the must-pass measure, as well as their efforts
to add money for the unemployed and an expansion of GI education benefits.
