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Iraq War Funding Bill Stalls in Senate

Immigration reform went nowhere this year, and this morning, as the Senate and Congress cast their last votes before the Thanksgiving recess, partisan differences stopped the farm bill and emergency funding for the war in Iraq. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Pentagon may have to wait until next year.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Immigration reform went nowhere this year, and this morning, as the Senate and Congress cast their last votes before the Thanksgiving recess, partisan differences stopped the farm bill and emergency funding for the war in Iraq. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Pentagon may have to wait until next year. Syndicated columnist Ron Brownstein is the author of The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Ron Brownstein
Senior Editor, The Atlantic; political analyst, CNN; author

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Iraq War Funding Bill Stalls in Senate

Immigration reform went nowhere this year, and this morning, as the Senate and Congress cast their last votes before the Thanksgiving recess, partisan differences stopped the farm bill and emergency funding for the war in Iraq. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Pentagon may have to wait until next year.

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Iraq War Funding Bill Stalls in Senate

Immigration reform went nowhere this year, and this morning, as the Senate and Congress cast their last votes before the Thanksgiving recess, partisan differences stopped the farm bill and emergency funding for the war in Iraq. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Pentagon may have to wait until next year.

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