Speaker Pelosi, 1/7/07: No blank check for wars "with no oversight, no standards, no conditions"

House Approves $162B for Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan

Thursday, June 19, 2008

WASHINGTON — A long-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House on Thursday, along with historic increases in college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims.

Republican allies of President Bush provided the winning margin in a 268-155 vote to provide $162 billion to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan well into next year.

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Pelosi: No Blank Check For Bush In Iraq

CBS News Exclusive: New Speaker Hints That Congress Will Deny Funding

WASHINGTON, January 7, 2007

(CBS/AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said newly empowered Democrats will not give President Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq, hinting they could deny funding if he seeks additional troops.

"If the president chooses to escalate the war, in his budget request, we want to see a distinction between what is there to support the troops who are there now," she said in an exclusive interview on Face The Nation.

"The American people and the Congress support those troops. We will not abandon them. But if the president wants to add to this mission, he is going to have to justify it and this is new for him because up until now the Republican Congress has given him a blank check with no oversight, no standards, no conditions," said Pelosi, D-Calif.