The Associated Press

Thu, May 15, 2008 (12:52 p.m.)

The House has rejected a $163 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year.

The 149-141 vote came after Republicans withheld support for the funding measure in protest of Democratic tactics. Some 132 Republicans voted "present." That kills the war funding for now, but it'll be revived next week in the Senate.

GOP Leader John Boehner (BAY'-nur) of Ohio told Democrats they were playing political games with the crucial troop funding bill by adding to it a big increase in education benefits for troops returning from war, additional unemployment insurance for those whose benefits have run out, and a surcharge on wealthy taxpayers.