U.S. Senate Passes Iraq Funding Bill

Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) (C) speaks while flanked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd-L), Sen. John Warner (R-VA) (L) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (R) during a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 22, 2008 in Washington DC. Today the Senate approved the war spending bill to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) (C) speaks while flanked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd-L), Sen. John Warner (R-VA) (L) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (R) during a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 22, 2008 in Washington DC. Today the Senate approved the war spending bill to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Senate Armed Services Committee member and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) talks with a staff member before heading onto the Senate floor for a vote on the funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the U.S. Capitol May 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Senate voted 70-26 to approve $165 billion to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. In a separate vote, the Senate also approved adding billions of dollars for domestic programs such as heating subsidies for the poor and money for fighting wildfires to the war bill. Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Sen. John Warner (R-VA) talks with reporters after the U.S. Senate passed the funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the U.S. Capitol May 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Senate voted 70-26 to approve $165 billion to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. In a separate vote, the Senate also approved adding billions of dollars for domestic programs such as heating subsidies for the poor and money for fighting wildfires to the war bill. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) talks with reporters after the U.S. Senate passed the funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the U.S. Capitol May 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Senate voted 70-26 to approve $165 billion to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. In a separate vote, the Senate also approved adding billions of dollars for domestic programs such as heating subsidies for the poor and money for fighting wildfires to the war bill. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) (R) speaks while flanked by Sen. John Warner (R-VA) during a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 22, 2008 in Washington, DC. Today the Senate approved the war spending bill to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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