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House To Vote Last Night On $161.8 Billion In War Funding, Less Than In Previous Bills

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Friday, June 20th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The House was slated to consider last night $161.8 billion in war funding within a larger $186.5 billion supplemental spending bill that had been negotiated with the White House to avoid a presidential veto. That war-specific funding is slightly less than what the House considered and the Senate passed last month. Provided the bill passed the House last night, after Defense Daily's deadline, the Senate is expected next week to take up the legislation. It covers war-related…

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