House appropriators said Tuesday there would be no more emergency war funding without a policy change in Iraq, as the White House demanded unconditional funding by the end of the year.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey, D-Wis., and Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John P. Murtha, D-Pa., said they will not support any more war funding bills in the House this year. They said the military can survive on its regular budget until February or March, despite Pentagon and White House statements to the contrary.

Although they were not speaking for the House leadership, Obey and Murtha’s statements raise the stakes over war funding ahead of a short December session and amid increased administration concerns that the lack of war funding will hurt the military.

The House by a 218-203 vote on Nov. 14 passed legislation appropriating $50 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also requiring troop withdrawals beginning in 30 days with a “goal” of withdrawing most combat troops by December 15, 2008. The measure would limit the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq to force protection, counterterrorism, and training of the Iraqi security forces, and limit the Central Intelligence Agency to the more restrictive interrogation techniques approved by the U.S. military.

Senators on Nov. 16 rejected 53-45 a bid to limit debate on considering the measure, effectively killing it.

President Bush on Nov. 13 signed into law the regular Defense spending measure for fiscal 2008, containing $459.6 billion in discretionary funding. But the administration says without the emergency war funds, it will have to cut some operations at domestic bases and furlough employees.

“Delays in funding mean that the Army and Marine Corps are immediately forced to begin shifting funds between accounts in order to keep operations running,” White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. “And the Pentagon will soon be forced to send furlough notices for as many as 100,000 Army and Marine Corps civilian employees at bases around the country.”