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Article: Democrats Could Alter War Funding, Hoyer Says.
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- Defense Daily
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- January 29, 2007
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By Jen DiMascio
The House Majority Leader last week indicated that Democrats could clamp down on wartime spending to influence the president's Iraq war policy.
During a Jan. 26 speech at the Brookings Institute, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D- Md.) denounced the president's execution of the war.
In explaining how House Democrats plan to move forward, one of the first steps will be to increase the level of oversight in Congress, Hoyer said.
After holding dozens of hearings in the Armed Services, Appropriations, Foreign Affairs, Government Reform and Intelligence committees, "we will then explore appropriate ways to affect the policy and ...
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