House Democratic leaders outlined a war supplemental spending plan to their rank and file Tuesday that will give members a chance to vote separately on Iraq policy riders and various spending add-ons.

The bill, to be brought directly to the floor later this week, would set a Dec. 31, 2009, goal for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. It also would ban permanent U.S. bases in Iraq, limit interrogation techniques to those included in the current Army field manual, bar a status of forces agreement that would obligate the U.S. to defend Iraq without congressional approval, and require Iraq to match U.S. reconstruction funding dollar for dollar. And it would call for U.S. forces to pay the same fuel prices in Iraq as the Iraqis.

The bill will be divided into three sections — for war money, policy riders and domestic spending. That will permit House Democrats to vote for or against each section while still getting the measure through that chamber.

President Bush has threatened to veto a supplemental bill that exceeds his request of roughly $108 billion for fiscal 2008.

The domestic spending portion of the bill would provide funding for extended unemployment insurance benefits and expanded GI Bill education benefits for veterans.

Only the veterans benefits and unemployment insurance money would exceed the president’s veto threat limit, Obey told the Democratic Caucus. Democrats pared $3.4 billion from the war funding request to make room for spending not sought by the president, such as increased international food aid and extra money to rebuild levees along the Gulf Coast.