Iraq Spending Bill a Defeat for Bush

President Bush has consistently said he didn't want to see funding for domestic programs attached to the Iraq and Afghanistan war spending bill. In many cases this would have prompted Senate Republicans to fall in line and vote against anything that seemed out of bounds as per what the White House was after. Today was different, in that plenty of Senate Republicans voted in favor of appropriations to aid veterans and the unemployed, as well as several other domestic programs. The measure passed 75-22.