Democrats to fund Iraq war with no pullout date

May 22, 2007
Democrats to fund Iraq war with no pullout date

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush won a battle over nearly
$100 billion to fund the Iraq war as Democratic leaders in Congress on Tuesday
abandoned efforts to withdraw troops for now but pledged to try again in
July.

Instead of setting schedules for pulling U.S. troops, it appeared the
Democratic-run Congress and the Republican White House agreed for the first
time to include conditions prodding Baghdad to make better progress toward
quelling violence or risk losing around $1.3 billion in U.S. reconstruction
aid.