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Delegation splits on Iraq vote

Published March 23, 2007 at midnight

WASHINGTON — Colorado's congressional delegation split strictly along party lines today in vote approving a $124 billion emergency war spending plan that attempts to impose a timetable for U.S. troops to leave Iraq.

The resolution passed on a hard-fought, 218-212 vote, with one California Democrat, Rep. Pete Stark, voting "present."

All four Colorado Democrats — Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Denver; Mark Udall, D-Eldorado Springs; John Salazar, D-Manassa; and Ed Perlmutter, D-Golden — voted in favor of the resolution. All three Colorado Republicans — Reps. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Fort Morgan; Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs; and Tom Tancredo, R-Littleton — were opposed.

The U.S. Senate is considering a different version of the emergency supplemental appropriations bill, and President Bush has threatened to veto the final package if it includes House language that would require U.S. troops to leave Iraq by late 2008.

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