War Funding

Sam Stein

Senate GOP Set To Block Troop Funding Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy Bill, Senate Democrats, Politics War, War Funding, Funding Troops, Gop Obstructionism, Dems Funds Troops, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Funding, War Funding Bill, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Warwire, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

The Only Question For General Petraeus That Might Actually End The War

James Boyce and Paul Abrams | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, General Petraeus, Zero Option, Iraq War Funds, David Petraeus, Petraeus, War Funding, Iraq War Funding, Petraeus Iraq, Politics News
James Boyce and Paul Abrams

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.

Read Post

House Drafts Bill to Fund War Efforts

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, War Funding, Iraq War, War in Iraq, War on Terror, Iraq, Afghanistan, House War Funding, Congress War Funding, Jack Murtha, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

US War Costs Increased Significantly In 2007

Reuters | Richard Cowan | Posted 01.23.2008 | Home

Read More: War Funding, Warwire, Iraq, US War Funding, Iraq War Funding, Iraq Costs, Home News

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...

Read Whole Story

Anti-War Groups Retreat On Funding Fight

Politico | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Funding, Warwire, Iraq, Iraq War Funding, Anti-War Groups, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Breaking Politics News, War Funding, Military Budget, Afghanistan War, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

Max Follmer

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: War Funding Compromise, Democrats Cave Iraq War Funds, Iraq War Funding Battles, Iraq War Spending, War Funding, Iraq War Funding Capitulation, Iraq War Funding, Warwire, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

House Democrats Round Up Votes On Iraq

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Troops, Funding for Troops, Iraq War Funding, War in Iraq Funding, Iraq War, War in Iraq, War Funding, Iraq, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, War Funding, Capitol Hill, Senate, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

Michael Roston

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Supplemental Budget, Congress, House of Representatives, War Funding, Breaking Political News, Iraq, Democrats, Politics News

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 ...

Read Whole Story

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

Think Progress | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: War Funding, War Supplemental, Iran Iraq, Cheney, Bush, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

Bush Wants $46 Billion More For Wars

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Congress, War Funding, President Bush, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

Fool the U.S. Once...

Azadeh Ensha | Posted 09.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: War Funding, Joe Lieberman, War With Iran, New Iran Legislation, Jon Kyl, Lieberman-Kyl, Politics News
Azadeh Ensha

'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.

Read Post

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

Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War Spending, Iraq War Billions, War Funding, Iraq War Funding, Politics News

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...

Read Whole Story

Living by the Sword

Eric Stoner | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the War, Ending the Iraq War, War Funding, Gospel of Matthew, God, Democrats, Politics News
Eric Stoner

Jesus was not only condemning Peter's violence in that moment some two thousand years ago, but explicitly issuing a warning to anyone, anywhere who chooses violence.

Read Post