War Funding

Is The U.S. Preparing To Bomb Iran? Pentagon Submits MOP Funding Request

ABC News | Jonathan Karl | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Is the U.S. stepping up preparations for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities? The Pentagon is always making plans, but based on a little-n...

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Senate Panel OKs $128 Billion For Afghanistan, Iraq Wars

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — With hardly any debate, a powerful Senate committee Thursday approved President Barack Obama's $128 billion request for military op...

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Ryan Grim

Senate Beats Back Military-Industrial Complex In Historic Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: F22, War Funding, Obama F22, F-22 Raptor, F-22, Defense Budget, Military-Industrial Complex, Transparency, Politics News

President Obama won a major victory in the Senate Tuesday in a dogfight that has major, long-term implications for his agenda. The Senate, by a vote ...

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Pro-War Caucus Running the Democratic Party Ditches the Masks

Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dccc, Civilian Casualties, Obama, Afghanistan, War Funding, Democrats, Pakistan, Politics News
Derrick Crowe

Recent actions by the DCCC and House Democratic leadership reveal that electing more Democrats and defeating Republican incumbents has taken a back seat to a radical, pro-war agenda.

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A Clunky Way to Spend Billions

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

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Charles Karel Bouley

The recent Cash for Clunker legislation passed by Congress as part of the $106 billion war funding bill is a complete and total waste of a billion dollars short term, four billion long term.

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Jeff Muskus

Netroots Push For "No" Votes On War-Funding Bill (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Redstate, Firedoglake, House of Representatives, Troop Withdrawal, War Funding, War Supplemental, Afghanistan, Troop Funding, Iraq, Politics News

In anticipation of Tuesday's House vote on the war supplemental spending bill, which still includes money for the International Monetary Fund but not ...

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Bill Allows Obama To Try Gitmo Detainees In US Courts

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — After a flare-up over controversial detainee abuse photos, House-Senate negotiators sealed agreement on a crucial war-funding bill ...

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House Passes $97 Billion War Funding Bill Despite Dem Concerns

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Despite Democrats' rising anxiety about Afghanistan, the House on Thursday easily passed a $96.7 billion measure filling President ...

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Gates: Financial Woes No Excuse To Avoid Funding Afghanistan War

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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CORNWALLIS, Nova Scotia — Even in a global financial crisis, the world cannot afford to skimp on its obligations to Afghanistan, which wants to ...

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Sam Stein

Senate GOP Set To Block Troop Funding Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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Republicans in the Senate may be walking into a political trap this week, in which their insistence on considering energy legislation leads them to bl...

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House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added...

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House Drafts Bill to Fund War Efforts

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The leaders of a House panel that oversees military spending said Wednesday they are drafting legislation that would pay for combat...

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US War Costs Increased Significantly In 2007

Reuters | Richard Cowan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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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...

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Anti-War Groups Retreat On Funding Fight

Politico | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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...

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GOP Wins War Funding Showdown: $70B Provided For Iraq, Afghanistan

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Max Follmer

As Congress Caves On Iraq War Funding, '08 Dems Go Silent

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Days after congressional Democrats signaled their intention to reverse course and provide President Bush with tens of billions in new Iraq war spendin...

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House Democrats Round Up Votes On Iraq

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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House Democrats defiantly pushed ahead Wednesday with a $50 billion war spending bill that calls for troops to leave Iraq, despite concerns raised by ...

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Sam Stein

Despite War Outrage, Cutting Off Iraq Funds Not On The Table

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Michael Roston

Out Of Iraq Dems Frustrated Over Funding, But Place Hope In Leadership

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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Bush Budget Raises Fears Of Iran Strike, Increases Funding For 'Massive' Bunker Buster Bomb

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Bush Wants $46 Billion More For Wars

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush asked Congress on Monday for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs. "...

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

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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...

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