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Agreement near on Iraq funding bill without withdrawal timelineWASHINGTON Flinching in the face of a veto threat, Democratic congressional leaders neared agreement with the Bush administration Tuesday on legislation to pay for the Iraq war without setting a timeline for troop withdrawal. Several officials said the emerging compromise bill would cost about $120 billion, including as much as $8 billion for Democratic domestic priorities originally resisted by the White House such as disaster relief for Hurricane Katrina victims and farmers hurt by drought. After a bruising veto struggle over war funding, congressional leaders in both political partie