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The president's announcement declared the bill to be "of minor importance" at the same time that House Republican leaders were heralding it as a major accomplishment.
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The proposal was all but dead on arrival in the Senate, where it would need bipartisan support, and comes amid growing G.O.P. skepticism about the conflict.
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The request mostly includes money for the Pentagon, with $67 billion going toward replenishing the military's stocks of munitions and the cost of sending so many forces to the Middle East.
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