US Senate blocks Iraq funds bill
Friday, 16 November 2007
Republicans in the US Senate have blocked a Democratic proposal to tie a $50bn (£24bn) Iraq war funding bill to a timetable for troop withdrawal.
The 53-45 vote was not enough to advance the bill, which passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
President George W Bush has asked Congress for extra emergency funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned that if the money was not approved, funds would run out by February.
In a sign of the tussle over the issue in the closely divided chamber, Democrats had earlier blocked a Republican proposal to give Mr Bush $70bn in funds without attaching a timetable for withdrawal...
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