The Senate overwhelmingly passed a $162 billion emergency spending bill late Thursday to continue funding the occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan well into 2009, without a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops. The bill, approved 92-6, was engineered over the past two months by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority … Continue reading Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Bill to Fund Iraq War Until Mid-2009