U.S. House of Representatives passes Iraq withdrawal timetable

PanARMENIAN.Net - On Wednesday the lower chamber of the U.S. Congress adopted a bill on removing American troops from Iraq, AP reports. 218 House members voted for and 208 against the bill. It is expected that at the beginning of May 2007 the bill adopted by the lower chamber, where Democrats make majority will be sent to President George Bush to undersign.



It is expected that the Senate, where Democrats make a narrow majority will approve the bill too. The both chambers of the Congress have reached a preliminary agreement on this document.



The legislation on getting out American combat troops from Iraq includes a budget bill on additional expenses for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, totally $124.2 bilion. The document says that budget appropriations will be made if the process of removing combat troops from Iraq will launch not later than October 1, 2007 and finally completed by April 1, 2008.



President Bush has repeatedly vowed to veto any appropriations measure that contains a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The U.S. President, who represents the Republican party and members of his administration insist on keeping American troops in Iraq until the situation in this country normalizes, Lenta.ru reports.