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The tipping point was the disclosure that allies of Mugabe had looted a pension fund for war veterans.
But he voted to fund the war, saying he didn't want to rob the military of needed resources.
Their point made, they sent him another bill, without a timetable, that will fund the war until September.
And by the next year, when you were in the Senate, you were voting to fund the war time after time after time.
If the government wants to spend more (such as to fund a war) without creating a deficit, revenues must be increased or spending reduced.
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The legislation would fund the war through September and set out a series of benchmarks that the Iraqi government will be asked to meet.
The bill would fund the war for the rest of the fiscal year, while also setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country.
To say, look, if we're going to fund this war, then we need to see the Iraqi government pulling its weight, making progress in a certain key areas.
Congress can also threaten down the line to take out their frustration on what's called emergency supplemental bills, voting against the multi-billion dollar packages that literally fund the war.
Like the distinction between the Democrats and the Republicans and the White House and Congress seems to be, okay, we'll fund the war, we'll support the troops, we want success, but there can't be a timeline.
It would be unlikely that Americans would accept higher taxes today to fund a real war, let alone a pretend one.
Talisman claims to have convinced the government to set up a fund to help war-ravaged areas, an idea the government claims as its own.
"A lot of folks may think that there's nothing wrong with buying a knockoff Denver Broncos jersey, but in reality, the money is being used to fund the drug war in Mexico, " Abar said.
He is determined to make his case for continued U.S. aid to fund Colombia's war on drugs and terrorism, and to persuade skeptical lawmakers his government is committed to the rule of law.
It was first passed in 1898 as a luxury tax to fund the Spanish-American War.
Now the Limbless Association, a UK-based support charity, has set up a fund to help victims of the war in Iraq.
In a study of the impact of war on stock markets in frontier countries, Caravan Capital Management, a fund that invests in frontier markets for wealthy individuals, found that many conflict countries experience intense post-war rallies.
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But the White House knows that at this stage of the game, it's not about war talk, tax cuts, or even big fund-raising dollars -- now, it's all about voter turnout.
The war chest has become a target for activist hedge fund manager David Einhorn, whose Greenlight Capital owns a slug of Apple shares and has pushed the company to issue preferred shares with a fatter yield than the 2.5% on its common stock.
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But Fidelity's Select fund group was never intended for widows and war orphans.
While the Bush administration relied on supplemental spending bills to fund the conflicts, Obama began including war spending in his 2010 budget.
Ross was highly critical of the war in Iraq and backed an energy policy that would fund cost-effective renewable energy to replace dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
Speaking during a visit to the Fyvie war memorial in Aberdeenshire, Mr Salmond said the new fund would help communities across Scotland to continue to pay their respects to those who fell during both world wars and other conflicts.
Just a few days ago, the hedge fund industry won a behind-the-scenes war to kill a bill that would have plugged a loophole that funnels billions of dollars into the pockets of some of the highest-paid people in America.
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Heritage Lottery Fund's Regional Manager Anne Jenkins said the Cold War had affected many lives.
The 2003 poll for the German Marshall Fund asked respondents whether they thought that in some conditions war was necessary to obtain justice.
But burdened with war debt, it could provide no financing and de Weldon agreed to fund it himself.
Brown used investors' money to fund the money he gave to the Lib Dems' election war chest - its largest ever donation.
The British king could declare war on anyone he cared to, but only Parliament could tax or borrow to fund it.
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