(Reuters) - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, said a vote could come as early as Thursday on a new plan to provide more than $30 billion now for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan before existing war funds run out. Another $10 billion or so would beef up veterans health care and other military programs.
The House vote would come in the midst of a three-month fight between congressional Democrats and the White House over the Iraq war and as the Pentagon adds 30,000 U.S. troops to help secure Baghdad from sectarian violence that has spiraled out of control.
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