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House Approves Deadline for Ending Iraq War
SCOOP LINK: House OKs Timetable for Troops in
Iraq
By Anne Flaherty
The Associated
Press
Friday 23 March 2007
Washington - A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy.
Ignoring a White House veto threat, lawmakers voted 218-212, mostly along party lines, for a war spending bill requiring that combat operations cease before September 2008, or earlier if the Iraqi government does not meet certain requirements. Democrats said it was time to heed the mandate of their election sweep last November, which gave them control of Congress.
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