Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has indicated she will give President Bush a hard time should he choose to increase troop levels. The Congress, who still has the power of the purse, can choose to block the flow of money being dumped into Iraq. Pelosi carefully stated she will always support the troops currently there, but does not want to recklessly place more troops in a detering situation.
Pelosi used the last election to support her arguments, saying the people have spoken and want to steer this war to a new direction. Congress has already approved $500 billion dollars for the War of Terror, and is expected to face Bush's proposal of another $100 billion.
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