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Article: Rising cost of war fuels tensions on Capitol Hill; White House defends its $75 billion request by citing costs of inaction.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON -- As Congress takes up a $74.7 billion supplemental spending request today, lawmakers are bracing for a war that now appears costlier and more protracted than first predicted.
No one doubts that lawmakers will approve the president's emergency request for more funds for the war, as early as this week. Even many who opposed the war (or its timing) say they will pass whatever is needed to support US troops in the field.
But the news from the front is emboldening Capitol Hill to demand a say in how that money is spent - and concessions from the White House on ...