[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13786]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             TROOP FUNDING

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me echo the remarks of the majority 
leader on the question of the troop funding bill. It appears as if it 
is now in a form that is satisfactory to the President and will, in 
fact, get the necessary funding to the troops for the mission through 
the end of September.
  I share the view of the majority leader that we ought to wrap this 
matter up at the earliest possible time, as soon as we get it from the 
House of Representatives, which could even be later today. So I think 
we are in the same place on wrapping this bill up and getting it down 
to the President for signature at the earliest possible time.

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