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war funding stories: 14 news summaries

(AP) - War-funding legislation survived a fierce partisan battle in the House today, a major step in providing commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan the money they would need for the coming months. Democratic leaders pushing the $106 billion measure had to overcome an unusual alliance. Anti-war Democrats opposed continued war spending, and... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • partisanship • war funding • Obama administration

 Dems Won't Fund Gitmo Closing 


May 19, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(AP) - President Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by January, a top Democratic official said today. With debate looming on Obama's spending request to cover military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the official says Democrats will deny the Pentagon... More »

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Congress • Guantanamo Bay • congressional Democrats • war funding • detainees • Obama administration • President Obama

 Dems Deny Obama 
 Funds to Close Gitmo 

House Democrats say president needs to come up with a plan first

May 5, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's request for $80 million to close Guantanamo Bay was cut from the House version of a war spending bill unveiled yesterday, CNN reports. Democratic lawmakers, whose bill totaled $94.2 billion, said if the president wants money to close Guantanamo Bay then he'll first have to come up... More »

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House Appropriations Committee • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • House Democrats • war funding • President Obama

 Obama Seeks $83.4B for Wars 


Apr 9, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will ask Congress for $83.4 billion in supplemental funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the AP reports. Obama had in the past opposed such requests outside of the federal budget, but the administration says it's necessary one final time to fund the military through the... More »

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Congress • Mexican border • foreign aid • border security • war funding • federal budget • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • supplemental funding

Congress Passes $162B
Measure to Fund Wars

Senate sends legislation to Bush, who is expected to sign

Jun 26, 08 10:24 PM CDT
(AP) - The Senate tonight passed a $162 billion war spending plan, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office. The package, approved 92-6, includes a doubling of GI Bill college benefits. It also provides a 13-week extension of unemployment... More »

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Congress • Senate • spending bill • war funding

House OKs War Funding,
Aid for Flood Relief

Spending bill also extends jobless benefits

Jun 19, 08 9:10 PM CDT
(AP) - A much-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House tonight, along with a doubling of college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims. Republican allies of President Bush provided the winning margin in a 268-155 vote to provide $162 billion to fund US... More »

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Congress • veterans • war funding • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

Party Leaders in House Reach Deal on War Funds

Bipartisan agreement allocates $163B for Iraq, Afghanistan through early 2009

Jun 18, 08 9:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A two-year fight between the White House and Democrats over war funding has been resolved, the New York Times reports. House leaders reached a deal to allocate $163 billion for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through early next year. The measure, expected to be approved by the full House... More »

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Congress • Pentagon • veterans' benefits • White House • John Boehner • unemployment benefits • war funding • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Midwest floods

OPINION

War Spending Strategy: Soak the Grandkids

War without taxes defies all of US history. Why are we allowing it?

Jun 11, 08 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Congress tackles the latest "emergency" spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the total to more than $860 billion, Ruth Marcus notes in the Washington Post: "For the first time in American history, every penny of that amount will have been borrowed. For the first time, billions... More »

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Congress • taxes • war funding • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • war cost • George W. Bush

House Rejects $162.5B Bill
to Fund Wars

Republicans abstain
in protest, leading
to surprise defeat

May 15, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House today shot down a $162.5 billion bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year after a surprise tactic by angry Republicans, the Washington Post reports. The bill failed by a vote of 148-141 after 132 members of the GOP abstained. By doing so,... More »

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Iraq • Congress • House of Representatives • war funding • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • Afghanistan war

Bush: Iran Is Still a Threat

Prez resists suggestions that new report undermines his rhetoric

Dec 4, 07 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush insisted today that Iran is still a threat, despite a new NIE report released yesterday concluding that the country shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003. "Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous, Iran will be dangerous," he said in a news conference. The report should... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Democratic Congress • war funding • Iraq war • George W. Bush

 Battle Over War Funds Escalates

President warns of Christmas layoffs

Nov 30, 07 3:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The dispute between the White House and Congress over $196 billion in funding for the war in Iraq escalated as President Bush warned of imminent layoffs, the Washington Post reports. "The missions of this department are too important to be disrupted or delayed," Bush said after a series... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • Robert Gates • White House • contractors • war funding • Harry M. Reid • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Bush Again Demands War Funding from Democrats

President wants money before Christmas

Nov 29, 07 4:33 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush demanded today that Congress approve funding for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before members leave for the holidays, despite repeated assertions from congressional Democrats that's not in the cards. "Let us tell our men and women in uniform that we will give them what they need to... More »

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Iraq • Democratic Congress • war funding • George W. Bush

Showdown Looms on War Funds

Pentagon warns of 200,000 layoffs without bucks

Nov 21, 07 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A showdown is rapidly approaching between Congress and the White House over funding for the Iraq war. The Pentagon has warned that up to 200,000 contractors and civilian employees may be laid off by Christmas unless Congress acts on a $196 billion request for war funds, reports the Washington ... More »

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Iraq • Congress • White House • John Murtha • Department of Defense • Dana Perino • war funding • Iraq war

House OKs War Funds
Tied to Troop Withdrawal

Bush promises veto, but measure expected to fail in Senate

Nov 14, 07 9:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The House tonight defied President Bush and tied a $50 billion bill to fund the war in Iraq to a timetable for troop withdrawal. The measure, which passed 218-203, is not expected to make it out of the Senate. If it does, however, Bush has promised to veto it. The... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • war funding • Iraq war

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