Monday, November 03, 2003

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The money for Iraq is approved:

Congress voted its final approval Monday for $87.5 billion for U.S. military operations and aid in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites), a day after Americans in Iraq endured their worst casualties since March.


In an anticlimactic moment for which only a handful of senators appeared, the Senate approved the bill by voice and handed a legislative victory to President Bush (news - web sites), who had requested a similar package two months ago. The voice vote — in which Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was the only one to shout "Nay" — let lawmakers sidestep the roll call that usually accompanies major legislation.


That underscored the complicated political calculus presented by the measure, which was dominated by popular funds for U.S. forces but also sparked questions about Bush's postwar Iraq policies and record budget deficits at home.


The wussies did it by voice vote so we don't know who voted for what.



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