Members of the congressional Blue Dog Coalition are backing proposed legislation they say will ensure accountability in spending fiscal year 2005 supplemental funds for Iraq and Afghanistan. "We need to support our troops and ensure that they have the resources needed to do their job," Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) said in statement released yesterday. At the same time, he added, "Congress can't continue writing blank checks to the [Bush] administration." President Bush earlier this week proposed an $82 billion supplemental...
