redblueamerica.com

Democrats controlling the House plan to pass legislation this week funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year.

The plan would give anti-war lawmakers a vote on nonbinding language setting the goal of withdrawing most combat troops by December 2009, said a senior House Democratic aide, though Senate Republicans have the votes to filibuster the move.

The $178 billion-plus measure will also carry legislation costing $16 billion over two years to extend by up to six months unemployment insurance coverage for jobless people whose benefits have run out. Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan would begin to receive a big boost in college aid.