Pelosi Says House to Vote on $50 Billion in War Funds (Update1)
By Laura Litvan
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will vote as early as tomorrow on a $50 billion measure funding the Iraq war for four months, while also setting a goal of bringing U.S. troops home within a year.
Pelosi said the measure would also have other strings attached, including a requirement that U.S. troops remaining in the country focus on improving security and not waging war.
``This is not a blank check for the president,'' Pelosi said.
President George W. Bush sent Congress a revised $196.4 billion spending request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other priorities last month, saying the money is needed to keep U.S. forces supplied and to continue the gradual troop reductions he announced in September.
It was the biggest such request by the administration since the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq began.
By Laura Litvan
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will vote as early as tomorrow on a $50 billion measure funding the Iraq war for four months, while also setting a goal of bringing U.S. troops home within a year.
Pelosi said the measure would also have other strings attached, including a requirement that U.S. troops remaining in the country focus on improving security and not waging war.
``This is not a blank check for the president,'' Pelosi said.
President George W. Bush sent Congress a revised $196.4 billion spending request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other priorities last month, saying the money is needed to keep U.S. forces supplied and to continue the gradual troop reductions he announced in September.
It was the biggest such request by the administration since the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq began.
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