House Democrats Reject Troop Funding

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11:20 AM, May 16, 2008 • By BRIAN FAUGHNAN

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Hopefully the Senate will remember that our troops deserve to be armed, fed, and paid:

The House voted 141-149, with 132 Republicans voting present, to reject the war funding portion of the supplemental spending bill. The vote means the Senate will have to add the money to the bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee was marking up its version of the measure later Thursday.

House Republicans withheld their votes for the war funding amendment to the bill (HR 2642) in a bid to force Democrats to come up with enough votes to adopt the funds. But a majority of Democrats voted against the war funding.

House Republicans have called for clean legislation to fund the wars, instead of the Christmas tree legislation that Democrats sent to the floor. The Senate is unlikely to approve a clean bill, either. Meanwhile, Joint Chiefs Chair Admiral Mullen says the funding must be provided within days, or the Pentagon will be forced to begin sending layoff notices.