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| US House passes Iraq funding bill |
| The US House of Representatives has passed a bill which would fund military operations in Iraq to the end of July.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 11-May-2007
3:47:34 AM |
| Further funding would be dependent on events in Iraq meeting certain, as yet undefined, benchmarks of progress.
President Bush has already vetoed one Iraq funding bill and said he opposed the new proposal, but did say that the idea of benchmarks "made sense".
The move came as the White House and Democrats struck an accord on standards for bilateral free trade deals.
The deal was announced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, who hailed it as a result of the Democratic triumph in last year's congressional elections.
Under the new agreement countries seeking direct trade agreements with the US will have to abide by minimum standards on labour and environmental issues.
Historically, Democrats have been lukewarm on supporting free trade deals without built-in minimum standards.
Correspondents say the White House agreed to the proposal in an effort to secure Democratic support in Congress for free trade deals, including pending deals with Peru, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia.
Republican pressure
On Iraq, the House passed its latest funding bill late on Thursday by 221 votes to 205.
The bill would immediately release some $43bn (£21.8bn) of funding requested by Mr Bush for the war in Iraq.
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