US House agrees to piss away another $70bn mostly for Iraq war

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7eeec7f0-4dff-11db-bcbc-0000779e2340.html

By Reuters, 26 September 2006

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday gave final approval to a massive funding bill for the Pentagon that provides another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Senate was expected to pass the final version of the $447.6 billion bill by this weekend, sending it to President George W. Bush for his signature.

The House passed it 394-22 with virtually no debate as lawmakers worked to complete business before breaking to campaign for November elections that will determine control of Congress.

In a slap at Bush, the bill would bar the administration from using money from it to construct permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or to exercise any control over Iraq’s oil sector.

Both the House and Senate have approved that language before, but until this bill Republicans had stripped it in House-Senate conferences.

Democrats and many Republicans say the Iraqi insurgency has been fueled by perceptions that the United States has ambitions for a permanent presence in the country. They have called on Bush to make a policy statement that the United States has no such plans.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. How does this work? They get 70 billion twice a year?

This is the biggest waste of money in the history of the world.

[newyawker99]

2. I agree.

:puke:

[Skidmore]

3. Word is that Congress will cut domestic spendng further to

come up with the money. Heard on CSPAN this morning.