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War Supplemental Last Chance to Push Spending

By Ashley Roque
CongressNow Staff
May 16, 2008, 11:13 a.m.

With Democrats eyeing a White House takeover next year, Congressional leaders may delay major Pentagon spending legislation until a new president takes office in hopes of providing the next commander in chief full funding for a new Iraq strategy.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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