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• It's not $50 billion. It's $200 billion.

  Published: August 31, 2007, 11:53 am

  Tags: Iraq, Supplemental Appropriations, George W Bush

  $50 billion in additional appropriations for Iraq. He's upping his already pending ask for $147 billion by $50 billion more. Four years and already nearly a half trillion (with a "t") dollars in, the president now seeks an additional $200 billion? And we're thinking of giving it to him? Seventy-plus percent of America wants us out. Less

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• Just a reminder

  Published: October 1, 2007, 10:24 am

  Tags: Iraq, Supplemental Appropriations, Rahm Emanuel, Democrats

  Okay. Reports are that the supplemental may be put off for a while, which is sort of good news. Of course, it might be getting backed up so that it's not on the record of any presidential candidates before the first flurry of primaries, which at this point in the ever-quickening schedule, may have decided the whole mess before anyone has to

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• Bush thinks he's paying for war with Monopoly money

  Published: May 3, 2008, 11:50 am

  Tags: George W Bush, Iraq, Iraq Appropriations, War Funding, Supplemental Appropriations

  the figure Bush demands for supplemental spending. That is, spending on top of what was budgeted for fiscal year 2008 (FY08). The $70 billion is the figure Bush demands be put in the fiscal year 2009 budget. FY09, as the article mentions, begins on October 1, 2008 -- 112 days before Bush's term ends. And as we discussed the other day, it looks

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• More Iraq $ on the way?

  Published: June 9, 2008, 2:50 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Supplemental Appropriations, George W Bush

  the form of an "emergency" supplemental -- the eighth such "emergency" bill of the Bush "administration" (not counting two additional "bridge funding" Iraq appropriations bills, which we're supposed to think are some other species of "Oh crap, we need more money again" bills). Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) says he'd like to see the bill

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• How to pitch one last battle over FISA

  Published: June 19, 2008, 5:29 pm

  Tags: Fisa, Parliamentary Procedure, Telecom Immunity, Warrantless Wiretapping, Iraq, Supplemental Appropriations, Iraq Funding, Barack Obama

  under which the Iraq war supplemental will come to the floor later this afternoon. It's already late afternoon on Thursday, with just one more week in session for the Congress before it breaks for its July 4th recess. Still pending are the supplemental and the FISA bill, two enormously important pieces of legislation that the Congress

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