Original sentence: Both houses of Congress passed a bill funding the war without timelines, but with benchmarks for the Iraqi Government and money for other spending projects like disaster relief
Edited sentence: Fearing that the Public would see them as not supporting the troops, both houses of Congress passed a bill funding the war without timelines, but with benchmarks for the Iraqi Government and money for other spending projects like disaster relief.Republicans in the Senate worked to block "nearly every bill proposed by the slim Democratic majority to the dismay of the majority leader, Senator Harry Reid, and frustrated Democrats in the House.There were various motions by individual Representatives to take various actions