House Speaker Pelosi opposes possible war tax
WASHINGTON - The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday she opposes a possible war tax to fund an escalation of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey has suggested such a tax, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her weekly news conference, I am not in support of the proposal.
(Reporting by Thomas Ferraro, editing by Vicki Allen)
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