House votes to ensure troops' home time By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent 2 minutes ago Brushing aside a veto threat, the Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to give U.S. troops guaranteed time at home between deployments to Iraq. The vote was 229-194 on the legislation, designed to complicate the Pentagon's ability to rotate sufficient troops into the war zone. "This is about our families and our troops," said Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., who repeatedly said that opposing the measure was "a vote for the status quo" in a war in its fifth year. On the other side, Rep. Howard "Buck"...