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Bush Asks $46B More for Wars

Request brings the total to $196.4 billion this year

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2007 4:07 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Citing the need to "provide our troops with the support they need to get the job done," President Bush asked Congress today for $46 billion more to fund wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the AP reports. Not so fast, said congressional Democrats, who vowed not to act until next year despite Bush's plea to pass the measure before the holidays.

The request brings the total for 2007 to $196.4 billion, and Bush's framing of the funding as backing for "our men and women on the front lines" rather than the administration's foreign policy appears sure to set off another round of debate, the Washington Post reports. "President Bush should not expect Congress to rubber-stamp his latest request," said Harry Reid.

President Bush makes a statement about the Iraq War Supplemental, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush makes a statement about the Iraq War Supplemental, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)   (Associated Press)
Protesters, wearing President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice masks, gather near the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, during a mass demonstration of non-violent civil disobedience in protest of the war in Iraq, global warming, and governmental injustice. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Protesters, wearing President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice masks, gather near the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, during a mass demonstration of non-violent civil disobedience...   (Associated Press)
President Bush, center, makes a statement about the Iraq War Supplemental, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. Behind the president are members of veterans service organizations, a fallen Marine's family and personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush, center, makes a statement about the Iraq War Supplemental, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. Behind the president are members of veterans service...   (Associated Press)
President Bush makes a statement about the Iraq War Supplemental, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush makes a statement about the Iraq War Supplemental, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)   (Associated Press)
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