WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday postponed consideration of a bill that would continue funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a bloc of conservative Democrats balked at the high cost of including several of Pelosi’s favored domestic spending programs.
Pelosi, D-Calif., predicted that the complaints of “Blue Dog” Democrats would be addressed and that the bill eventually would get unanimous support from Democrats.
The Blue Dogs have objected to the creation of a program that would guarantee veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan a year of in-state college tuition for each year served in the war zones.
The Blue Dogs said the House had not found any money to pay for the program. Without their 47 votes, the provision would have difficulty passing the House.
