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Baltimore Sun
April 18, 2008
WASHINGTON--Democrats in Congress, seeking to avoid a vote on funding the Iraq war during the fall campaign season, are likely to combine President Bush's two pending requests into a single bill to be voted on this spring. House Democratic aides said yesterday that Bush's $108 billion request to finance military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of the 2008 budget year is likely to be combined with his $70 billion request to continue the war into the next president's term. "You vote one time and get the money out of the way," said Rep. John P. Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat who heads the House panel responsible for the Pentagon budget. He cautioned that House leaders have not officially endorsed the idea.
April 18, 2008
WASHINGTON--Democrats in Congress, seeking to avoid a vote on funding the Iraq war during the fall campaign season, are likely to combine President Bush's two pending requests into a single bill to be voted on this spring. House Democratic aides said yesterday that Bush's $108 billion request to finance military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of the 2008 budget year is likely to be combined with his $70 billion request to continue the war into the next president's term. "You vote one time and get the money out of the way," said Rep. John P. Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat who heads the House panel responsible for the Pentagon budget. He cautioned that House leaders have not officially endorsed the idea.