U.S. Senate Passes Iraq Funding Bill

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.

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