Dems To Send Iraq Spending Bill To Bush Next Week (Reid On Bush: "Unless He Plugs His Ears...")

"...he's going to have to listen."

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Democrats to send Iraq spending bill to Bush next week
Published: Tuesday April 17, 2007

Democrats in Congress said Tuesday they plan to have an emergency Iraq spending bill on President George W. Bush's desk next week, setting up a likely showdown over a threatened presidential veto.

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Democratic leaders were to sit down with Bush Wednesday in hopes of averting a clash over legislation linking the 120-billion-dollar-plus spending bills approved in both houses of Congress to a timeline for withdrawing US troops.

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The Pentagon has said it is just weeks away from running out of money to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the White House vows to veto any bill imposing time constraints on military planners in Iraq.

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"He's going to be sitting right next to me," said Reid. "Unless he plugs his ears, he's going to have to listen."

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