AFP: US House defies Bush with Iraq funding vote

[rodeodance]

It like the headline of this one better than the AP headline in LBN!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/pl_afp/usiraqpolitics_071115053728

US House defies Bush with Iraq funding vote

by Stephen Collinson
Thu Nov 15, 12:49 AM ET



WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Democratic-led House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat Wednesday and inserted timelines for an immediate troop withdrawal in a 50 billion dollar Iraq war funding bill.


The House voted 218 to 203 to pass the emergency war budget, calling for a pullback of most combat troops to start within 30 days, with a goal of completion by December 15, 2008.

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The bill would require Bush to transition the mission in Iraq from combat operations to supporting Iraqi security forces and protecting US diplomatic facilities.

It would also ban the use of torture and defer the rest of Bush's 196 billion dollar request for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The funding would run out after four months.

Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid warned on Tuesday that if the bill did not pass the Senate, Bush would not get any more money for the war this year.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Whine, whine, whine" - Commander AWOL

"While it is true that there are Great Gobs of Gravy in this bill for my corrupt cabal of republicon homelander oil & munitions profiteering cronies, we want MORE MORE MORE so we can pursue our lie-based oil-profits crusade. Whine, whine, whine."

- Commander AWOL