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House OKs War Spending Bill, Heads to President For Welcome Signature
FoxNews.com ^
| December 20, 2007
| Associated Press Staff
Posted on 12/20/2007 4:58:29 AM PST by Puzzleman
Congress approved $70 billion Wednesday for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a bitter finish for majority Democrats who tried to force a change in President Bush's war policy.
The House's 272-142 vote also sent the president a $555 billion catchall spending bill that combines the war money with money for 14 Cabinet departments...
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 110th; budget; defensespending; house; spending
Finally!
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posted on
12/20/2007 4:58:30 AM PST
by
Puzzleman
To: Puzzleman
Did anybody else catch John Lewis’ sputtering and spewing in regards to this? Pathetic.
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posted on
12/20/2007 5:10:53 AM PST
by
doodad
To: Puzzleman
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posted on
12/20/2007 5:20:43 AM PST
by
samtheman
(Huckabee. A Bible-Packing Leftist.)
To: Puzzleman
Bush to Congress - “Who’s your daddy?”
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posted on
12/20/2007 5:21:55 AM PST
by
airborne
(Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
To: Puzzleman
Gee, not bad for a ‘lame duck’...a term I’ve always found ridiculous.
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posted on
12/20/2007 5:23:55 AM PST
by
Badeye
(No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
To: Puzzleman
Here is a
link to the final vote in the House.
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posted on
12/20/2007 5:36:55 AM PST
by
Puzzleman
("All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing." -- Edmund Burke)
To: Puzzleman
Yeah. We really got something to celebrate. Increased government bloat, more regulations, more earmarks and more money coming out of your and my pockets.
The only thing they managed to remove funding for is the border fence.
We're supposed to be happy about this though.
Woo freaking Hoo.
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posted on
12/20/2007 8:02:29 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Hillary! - America's Ex-Wife!)
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