US House Capitulates again, removes Troop withdrawal timetable while Approving $165 Billion more for Iraq War

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday adopted a new war funding bill which is worth some 165 billion U.S. dollars and does not contain a timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq.

Passed on a 268-155 vote, the funding will cover U.S. military costs in Iraq and Afghanistan through mid-2009, well after a new president takes office.

The White House welcomed the bill's passage but some Democrats were disappointed.

Last month, supported by the Democratic majority, the House passed an earlier version of the bill which contained a timetable for the Bush administration to withdraw troops from Iraq.

However, facing a veto threat from President George W. Bush, the House retreated and plucked the timetable out of the bill.

The bill now goes to the Senate and a vote is expected next week.

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