On Capitol Hill, House Democratic leaders are putting together the largest Iraq war spending bill to date. The bill is expected to provide $178 billion for the war, enough to fund the war through the end of the Bush presidency and for nearly six months into the next president’s term. The San Francisco Chronicle reports House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is plotting a so-called “guns-for-butter” strategy to try to force Bush to accept some new domestic spending in exchange for the money he needs to fight the war. Pelosi’s strategy has been criticized by several antiwar lawmakers. Congresswoman Barbara Lee said, “It just wouldn’t make sense to force (members of Congress) to choose between providing food stamps for people who are hurting and need help during this terrible time and funding an occupation that people do not support.”