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House GOP Leaders Threaten To Vote Against Money For Troops
By Greg Sargent
Okay, so here's the state of play in the House right now with regard
to the coming showdown between Congressional Dems and the White House
over the war.
The House GOP leadership has now unveiled its response to the news
this morning that House Dems are coming together behind an approach to
the soon-to-be-voted-on spending bill that would bring the troops home
if the Iraqi government fails to reduce violence there.
House GOP leaders say that if Dems try to attach any conditions to the
war spending bill, Republicans in the House may vote against it:
The House minority leader threatened Thursday to get his members to
vote against a $96.3 billion spending bill for the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan if Democrats persist in plans to attach conditions to the
money that would tell President Bush how to conduct the wars.
This is interesting -- now it's the House Republican leadership who is
threatening to vote against funding the troops.
The same Republican leadership which, behind House GOP leader John
Boehner, has been demanding that Dems show full support for funding
the troops, lest they be accused of not supporting them:
REP. BOEHNER:
Let
House GOP Leaders Threaten To Vote Against Money For Troops
By Greg Sargent
Okay, so here's the state of play in the House right now with regard
to the coming showdown between Congressional Dems and the White House
over the war.
The House GOP leadership has now unveiled its response to the news
this morning that House Dems are coming together behind an approach to
the soon-to-be-voted-on spending bill that would bring the troops home
if the Iraqi government fails to reduce violence there.
House GOP leaders say that if Dems try to attach any conditions to the
war spending bill, Republicans in the House may vote against it:
The House minority leader threatened Thursday to get his members to
vote against a $96.3 billion spending bill for the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan if Democrats persist in plans to attach conditions to the
money that would tell President Bush how to conduct the wars.
This is interesting -- now it's the House Republican leadership who is
threatening to vote against funding the troops.
The same Republican leadership which, behind House GOP leader John
Boehner, has been demanding that Dems show full support for funding
the troops, lest they be accused of not supporting them:
REP. BOEHNER:
Let