House Panel Backs Iraq Spending

[NewJerseyDem]

Congressmen voting no (All Democrats):

Berry(AR), Clyburn(SC), DeLauro(CT), Fattah(PA), Farr(CA), Hinchey(NY), Jackson(IL), Kaptur(OH), Kilpatrick(MI), Moran(VA), Obey(WI), Olver(MA), Pastor(AZ), Serrano(NY)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3923-2003Oct9.html

A House committee approved an $86.8 billion package for Iraq and Afghanistan on Thursday after the White House headed off a drive to convert the bill's Iraqi rebuilding aid into a loan.

The 47-14 vote by the House Appropriations Committee set up a debate next week by the full House on the package. The bill largely mirrors the $87 billion plan that President Bush proposed on Sept. 7.