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House passes spending bill with Iraq deadline - CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House of Representatives on Friday voted 218-212 to approve a spending bill that includes a firm deadline -- August 31, 2008 -- for combat troops to leave Iraq.
Good for the House, good for the Democrats! :clap: :ind:
President Bush said the House had abdicated its responsibility to protect the troops and denounced the vote as "political theater."
He said the vote had only one outcome: "It delays the delivery of vital resources for our troops."
The measure appears unlikely to pass the Senate.
Two House Republicans -- Reps. Walter Jones of North Carolina and Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland -- voted in favor of the bill. Fourteen Democrats voted against it.
After the bill's passage, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, told reporters that voters' voices "have been heard."..
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House of Representatives on Friday voted 218-212 to approve a spending bill that includes a firm deadline -- August 31, 2008 -- for combat troops to leave Iraq.
Good for the House, good for the Democrats! :clap: :ind:
President Bush said the House had abdicated its responsibility to protect the troops and denounced the vote as "political theater."
He said the vote had only one outcome: "It delays the delivery of vital resources for our troops."
The measure appears unlikely to pass the Senate.
Two House Republicans -- Reps. Walter Jones of North Carolina and Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland -- voted in favor of the bill. Fourteen Democrats voted against it.
After the bill's passage, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, told reporters that voters' voices "have been heard."..