In a party-split vote yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to provide billions of dollars and a withdrawal date for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan -- a decision President Bush plans to veto.

In a 51 to 47 vote, the Senate approved the bill that would provide $122 billion in funding and begin troop withdrawal within 120 days of passage, according to the Associated Press.

Eliot Schmidt, spokesman for the Penn State College Democrats, said that he is in favor of the bill.

Schmidt then added that he believes President Bush will indeed veto it.

"He's proven to be a man who refuses to change his mind," he added.

However, Brandon Means, newly elected chairman of the College Republicans, said he didn't support the bill.

"I would assume if Republicans still had control [of Congress], they could have avoided passing the bill or at least stopped it from having the withdrawal provision," Means said of the bill.

Most Republicans also disagree with a timeline for the troop withdrawal, according to the Associated Press.

"The thrust of the language in the bill ... is to leave Iraq in a year, something that will ensure defeat -- as setting a timetable simply enables our opponents to wait us out," said U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa, in a statement to the Senate floor Tuesday, according to an e-mail from Specter's press office.

He said Bush's intent to veto the bill is because of the inclusion of a troop withdrawal deadline, adding it "would deprive funds vital to U.S. troops and the operations of the Department of Defense."

In Specter's Tuesday address to the Senate floor, he voiced his support for an amendment to the bill that was proposed by Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., which would eliminate a troop withdrawal timeline, according to the release.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa, supported the bill.

"The U.S. Senate has listened to the American people and the mounting evidence that the Bush Iraq policy is not working. I hope the President will finally do the same," Casey said, in an e-mail response.

Casey also said that the bill "provides for benchmarks and shifting the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq away from combat roles toward training and support roles as well as conducting counter-terrorism operations," according to the e-mail response.

A similar bill passed through the House by a small margin last week, according to article in the Associated Press.

Dianne Gregg, chairwoman for the Centre County Democratic Committee, said she anticipates Bush will veto the bill but the Democrats will attempt to override it.

An override requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress.

With such a narrow voting margin that closely follows the party lines, a veto override seems unlikely, according to the Associated Press.

Chairman G.T. Thompson, who is a member of the Centre County Republican Party said, "The next step is really up to the Democrats. They put this charade together."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.