House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars
WASHINGTON — President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added...
WASHINGTON — President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added...
James Boyce and Paul Abrams | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
The only legislative strategy for the Democrats is to pursue the 'zero option' -- to stop funding the war and to not bring a new funding bill to the table.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The leaders of a House panel that oversees military spending said Wednesday they are drafting legislation that would pay for combat...
Reuters | Richard Cowan | Posted 01.23.2008 | Home
The Iraq war may not dominate U.S. news reports as the carnage drops, but a new report underscores the financial burden of persistent combat that is h...
Politico | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics
After a series of legislative defeats in 2007 that saw the year end with more U.S. troops in Iraq than when it began, a coalition of anti-war groups i...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics
The Senate voted Tuesday to provide $70 billion for U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, handing a victory to President Bush and his GOP all...
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
Days after congressional Democrats signaled their intention to reverse course and provide President Bush with tens of billions in new Iraq war spendin...
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics
House Democrats defiantly pushed ahead Wednesday with a $50 billion war spending bill that calls for troops to leave Iraq, despite concerns raised by ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics
It is regarded within some progressive circles as the one way of bringing an end to the Iraq War with President Bush still in office. If 41 Senators w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics
In September, 90 House members banded together in a letter to the White House stating that they would vote against any further funding for the war in ...
Think Progress | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics
In light of the administration's increasingly threatening rhetoric on Iran, CQ reports that members of Congress are worried by Bush's recent budget pr...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics
President Bush asked Congress on Monday for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs. "...
Azadeh Ensha | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics
've never expected much from Lieberman, but this latest display of missing-backbone on behalf of the Democrats lowers my expectations of his former party.
Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.22.2007 | 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...
Eric Stoner | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics
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AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics