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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 23 > Senate OKs war funding

Senate OKs war funding

Measure would expand veteran benefits, faces a veto threat from the White House

By Richard Simon / The Bulletin
May 23, 2008

WASHINGTON — In a resounding break from President Bush, a majority of Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Thursday in approving a war-funding bill that would provide for a major new expansion of the World War II-era GI Bill.

The measure must be approved by the House, and it faces a....

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