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Then he returned to Washington to help wage an intense lobbying effort to persuade Congress to approve President Bush's $87 billion emergency spending request for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Some members said the plan would have to be submitted before the reconstruction portion of the president's $87 billion spending request for Iraq would be granted.
Approved 51 to 47, Oct. 16. 3. War Costs: Vote on an $87 billion spending request for defense and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But Mr. Bush's emergency spending request for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan diverted Congress's attention and the spending bills bogged down in partisan disputes as well as policy fights between Republicans in the House and Senate.
War Costs: Vote on an amendment to an $86.9 billion spending request for Iraq and Afghanistan that would make half of the $20.3 billion in reconstruction aid a loan to Iraq, with no conditions.
Mr. Bush has steadily insisted he would not approve any legislation that exceeds his spending request for the war, sets any withdrawal deadlines or adds domestic money he opposes like the unemployment benefits.
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Both parties have long lists of spending requests for years to come.
The decision comes as the Bush administration is pressing all agencies to scale back spending requests for the fiscal 2006 budget, which will be submitted to lawmakers early next year.
The government will compile spending requests for a stimulus package on January 7 and finalize the proposal shortly thereafter as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries to speed enactment of his agenda of increased public works spending to lift the economy.
But some officers complain -- anonymously -- that he is not squarely on their side when it comes to defending such perquisites as the number of four-star jobs or championing the services' spending requests for weapons.
This week both agencies received an answer from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to their spending requests for the 2011 fiscal year that begins next October.
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