Posted on 03/30/2003 10:41:06 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:02:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Lawmakers this week will try to punish France and other nations that tried to thwart the U.S.-led effort to disarm Iraq by canceling current contracts and blocking future ones with companies from those nations.
Several lawmakers want President Bush's $74.7 billion emergency spending bill to favor awarding contracts to companies from countries that have joined the coalition against Iraq. The bill, which the House Appropriations Committee begins considering tomorrow, contains $2.45 billion for humanitarian relief and rebuilding Iraq.
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