http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2007/11/pelosi_ready_for_another_vote.htmlHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today that the House will vote as soon as Friday on a $50-billion war-spending bill that requires President Bush start bringing troops home.
The bill offers only a small share of the $196 billion that Bush is seeking for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the 2008 budget year and would underwrite about four months of war. snip
The legislation requires the administration to start withdrawing troops immediately, with a target for ending combat deployments in Iraq by December 2008. It allows some to remain for counterterrorism missions, Iraqi-troop training and protection of U.S. interests.
The president already has vetoed a similar plan, and Democrats lack the votes to override him...
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