Iraq War Funding

Democrats May Force All-Night Filibuster On Iraq Withdrawal

The Hill | Manu Raju and Mike Soraghan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Senate Democrats might force Republicans to wage a filibuster if the GOP wants to block the latest Iraq withdrawal bill, aides and senators said Tuesd...

Total Iraq War Funding To Hit $611 Billion: A Look At How That Money Could've Been Used

Boston.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


If the Bush administration succeeds in its latest request for funding for the war in Iraq, the total cost would rise to $611.5 billion, according to t...

Sam Stein

Dem Iraq Funding Bill Is Most Aggressive Pursued Thus Far

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


House Democratic leaders are slated to introduce the toughest-worded war funding resolution since taking office, one that would appropriate money only...

Majority Opposes Bush's $190 Billion War Funding Request

Washington Post | Jon Cohen, Dan Balz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Most Americans oppose fully funding President Bush's $190 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a sizeable majority supports an ex...

Bush Wants Record-High $200 Billion For War In '08

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


After smothering efforts by war critics in Congress to drastically cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq, President Bush plans to ask lawmakers next week to a...

Turnaround: Conservative Dem Salazar Says Cut War Funds

Denver Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Congress should look at cutting off funding for the Iraq war if Senate efforts to change the role of U.S. troops in the battlefield fail, Sen. Ken Sal...

Obama Says No More Iraq Funding Without Deadlines

Des Moines Register | THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Each of six Democratic presidential candidates, appearing at Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin's annual steak fry in Indianola, argued to the most active core of p...

Durbin: No More Iraq War Funding Without Withdrawal Strategy

The Swamp | Mike Dorning | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin promised today that he would no longer vote to fund the war in Iraq unless the money is tied to a withdra...