The two U.S. representatives on the opposite sides of Texarkanas State Line Avenue offered up differing opinions on a supplemental Iraq conference report that addresses troop funding and withdrawal. The bill sets a troop withdrawal schedule to begin in October with most troops out of Iraq by late March 2008. The House of Representatives voted 218-208 in favor of the bill, which U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, said reflected the division in Congress and America over the war effort. ‘All Americans want to see an end to the war in Iraq, but this bill undermines our generals, puts our troops ...

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