Democrats consider more money for wars
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Democrats are debating whether to approve $50 billion to $70 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan, less than half of President Bush's $196 billion request but enough to keep the wars afloat for several more months.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa  - Democratic presidential contenders said on Thursday they could start to balance the federal budget quickly by ending the Iraq war and eliminating tax cuts for the most wealthy Americans.
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Senate and House Democrats, optimistic about their election-year prospects, have more money in the bank for the midterm contests than their Republican counterparts.
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The boost in troop levels in Iraq has increased the cost of war there and in Afghanistan to $12 billion a month, and the total for Iraq alone is nearing a half-trillion dollars, congressional analysts say.
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Congress debates a nonbinding measure expressing "disapproval" of the war. But the Democrats are seeking more ways to curtail the President's latitude in Iraq
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A top Democrat said Thursday he is preparing legislation that would give President Bush the war funding he wants this year, but on the condition that troops leave Iraq by the end of the year.
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The budget, which increases defense spending and maintains tax cuts, is certain to be sharply criticized by the Democrats, who control Congress.
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Even before they cast symbolic votes against the Iraq war, newly empowered congressional Democrats are clamoring for a chance to limit and eventually end U.S. involvement in a conflict that has killed more than 3,000 troops.
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Several thousand political contributors have donated to two or more presidential candidates this year, an overlap in giving that tilts decidedly to the Democrats.
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Democrats said that they would move toward integrating the war spending into the regular federal budget.
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Democrats argued Tuesday that President Bush's proposal to boost government payments to families of U.S. troops killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and future war zones should extend to all military personnel who die on active duty.
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President George W. Bush will soon  seek about $100 billion in additional emergency funds for the  wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report on  Wednesday by Democratic staffers for two key panels in the U.S.  House of Representatives.
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Democrats called for a new war strategy after a report found the conflict in Iraq has invigorated Islamic radicalism.
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Senate Democrats are hoping to force at least modest troop withdrawals in the coming months.
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Democrats are trying to have it both ways on the Iraq funding vote. It will be interesting to see if they can do that.
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House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq while requiring President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked Congress Wednesday to approve nearly $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third