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June 16, 2009

Pelosi Pressures Antiwar Democrats to Back War Funding Bill
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On Capitol Hill, the Democratic House leadership is pressuring antiwar
Democrats to support a $106 billion supplemental war funding bill. In
May, fifty-one antiwar Democrats opposed an earlier version of the bill.
Now House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to pressure some of those
Democrats to switch their votes to help pass a new version of the bill
that also includes increased funding for the International Monetary
Fund. California Democratic Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey says the White
House has threatened to pull support from freshman antiwar Democrats who
vote no on the bill. In order to block passage, thirty-nine House
Democrats need to join with Republicans opposing the bill.



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