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Pelosi Wants War Supplemental Passed By July 4 Recess

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Friday, June 13th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said yesterday she wants the House to pass the supplemental war-spending bill in time to send final legislation to the president before the Fourth of July recess. Observers saw her statement as scaling back predictions the supplemental could pass the House next week. Pelosi told reporters that House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.) has been leading negotiations with the White House over the bill the Bush administration has threatened to…

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