Supplemental budget w/ Iraq War timeline passes House 218-212

March 23, 2007 Bush Era, Related News 1

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Michael Roston – Published: Friday March 23, 2007
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The Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives succeeded in passing a controversial supplemental war budget that includes a timeline to remove troops from Iraq by August 2008. Fourteen Democrats voted against the funding bill, and two Republicans voted in favor of it.

By a 218-212 vote, a bare-bones majority, House Democrats succeeded in passing their supplemental appropriations bill, titled the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, which funds the war in Iraq.

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  1. 2008 huh…. now thats what I call supporting the troops just leave them in that meat grinder for another year…You can bet if it was ass in the fire they would move a hell of a lot faster.

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