Obama Wants More Money For Afghanistan War. Will Congress Grant It? -- Christian Science Monitor
Congress faces a formidable agenda this summer, but nothing is as wrenching as upcoming votes to fund new spending on the Afghanistan war.
Congress faces a formidable summer agenda on issues ranging from an overhaul of financial regulation to oversight of the Gulf oil spill. But nothing is as wrenching for the Democratic majority as upcoming votes to fund the surge of US forces in Afghanistan.
Most of the more than $1 trillion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan passed the Congress as "emergency" spending – that is, funded off-budget. In the Bush years, these were typically big, bipartisan votes, with Republican votes a given.
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More News On Afghanistan/Iraq War Costs
Afghan war costs now outpace Iraq's -- USA Today
War Bill Approved as Afghan Conflict Tops Iraq in Cost, Troops -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Cost of US war in Afghanistan, Iraq exceeds $1 trl -- Voice of Russia
Wasted on war: trillion with a “T” (Rep. Lynn Woolsey) -- The Hill
A Trillion Dollar Turning Point? -- Rep. John Conyers, Huffington Post
What Have we Bought for $1 Trillion? -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Huffington Post
My Comment: The Democrat left are clearly frustrated by these turn of events. With Republican support I still expect the House to pass the war spending bill, but President Obama has spent a considerable amount of his political capital by alienating his base of support.
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