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Talks of Iraqi Parliament Recess Irk US Lawmakers
After failing to override the President's Iraq spending veto , the Democrats have blinked first, giving up the demand for a timeline to bring home the troops. Both they and the White House are now focused on benchmarks for the Iraqi government. Meantime, in Baghdad, a bill for oil-revenue distribution is stalled and the parliament may decide…
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readAfter failing to override the President's Iraq spending veto, the Democrats have blinked first, giving up the demand for a timeline to bring home the troops. Both they and the White House are now focused on benchmarks for the Iraqi government. Meantime, in Baghdad, a bill for oil-revenue distribution is stalled and the parliament may decide to take the summer off. Sheryl Gay Stolberg covers the White House for the New York Times.
