The House is voting on legislation to fund the troop surge in Afghanistan after accepting the reality that attaching money for domestic programs was unfeasible.
With passage, the war-funding bill will go to President Barack Obama for his signature. He requested it last February.
House Democratic leaders reluctantly accepted the $59 billion bill, which has more than $30 billion for Obama's 30,000-troop surge. It was stripped of money to keep teachers on the job or to boost student aid after the Senate soundly rejected a bigger bill favored by the House.
The bill also replenishes disaster aid accounts, funds Haitian earthquake relief and provides benefits for Vietnam war veterans exposed to Agent Orange.
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