WASHINGTON - Setting up another confrontation with congressional Democrats over the war in Iraq, President Bush sent Congress a $45.9 billion emergency funding request Monday for expenses related to U.S. military campaigns.
The request, which comes on top of $147.5 billion sought by the administration earlier this year, pushes the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to more than $600 billion.
It also appears certain to further inflame tensions between the president and his Democratic critics on Capitol Hill, who are locked in a debate over federal spending bills as well as the war.
'Demanding nearly $200 billion for Iraq while vetoing health care for 10 million children exemplifies the Bush administration's misplaced priorities,' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Monday, referring to the president's objection to spending $30 billion to expand a popular health insurance program for children.
Los Angeles Times
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