Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/senate-approves-spending-bill-with-troop-withdrawal Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript A $124 billion war bill with a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq passed the Senate Thursday, after clearing the House late Wednesday night. President Bush has vowed to veto the legislation. The NewsHour provides a report on the congressional action. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. KWAME HOLMAN: The Democratic majority's decision to defy the president and pass a war spending bill with troop withdrawal timelines was made by the American people, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), Speaker of the House: What the president doesn't like about the bill is that it has accountability, something that has been missing in the four years we have been in this war. And the American people are calling for accountability; I hope that the president will heed their call. KWAME HOLMAN: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he hoped Mr. Bush would sign the bill rather than fight it.SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV), Senate Majority Leader: It's a piece of legislation that the president should sign. We don't want to scuffle with the president. KWAME HOLMAN: But at the White House, spokeswoman Dana Perino said the president will do as promised when the bill arrives on his desk next week. DANA PERINO, White House Spokeswoman: For several weeks, the Democrats have known that, if the bill in its current form is sent to him, that he would veto it.