After a nearly four month long standoff between Congress and the White House over the War Supplemental Bill, an agreement has been reached.
Congress passed the bill Thursday night, after House Republican leader John Boehner of West Chester choked back tears as he stirred memories of the attacks of September 11, 2001.
"I didn't come here to be a Congressman. I came here to do something," Representative John Boehner said. "And I think at the top of our list is providing for the safety and security of the American people. That's at the top of our list. After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up
and take them on? When are we going to defeat them? Ladies and gentlemen, if we don't do it now, if we don't have the courage to defeat the enemy, we will long, long regret it."
The bill provides $95 million for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan until September.
Instead of a timetable for troop withdrawal, it lays out benchmarks. However, it offers no consequences if the Iraqi government fails to meet them.
