Dear Friends, The House of Representatives will vote as soon as tomorrow — Thursday, May 8 — on an additional $178 billion for the war and occupation in Iraq!
Amazingly, the bill includes $70 billion for fiscal year 2009. This means the funds for the occupation will keep flowing well into the next administration, allowing the […]

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CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS
May 8, 2008 – Updated 12:57 p.m.
With Democrats Divided, Senate Panel Delays Vote on War Supplemental
By Liriel Higa and David Clarke, CQ Staff
As House Democrats struggled to bridge their divisions over a war supplemental spending bill, the White House budget director warned that President Bush will veto the legislation if they persist […]

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ROBERT SCHEER
In the increasingly unlikely event of a McCain-Clinton election, folks who care about the peace issue would have serious reason to worry. Both of these candidates are inveterate hawks, and what we would be up against is a choice between the neoconservatives and the neoliberals as to who could be more adventurous in getting […]

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