House Dems Plan Simple "No"

The New York Times JEFF ZELENY February 8, 2007 06:19 PM

House Democratic leaders said today that the Iraq war resolution scheduled to be debated next week would be limited to President Bush's plan to dispatch more troops to Baghdad, leaving any controversial decisions over war spending for a later discussion.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, and other party leaders met with members of the Democratic caucus for more than an hour today to discuss the framework of the first major debate over Iraq since Democrats took control of Congress last month. The three-day debate is set to begin next Tuesday.

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