	u s house passes mideast gulf bill the house today approved a bill requiring the reagan administration to report to congress on its mideast gulf policy but not restricting its actions the vote in favor was despite a last minute revolt by an alliance of liberal democrats and conservative republicans who sought to defeat it as a signal that a growing number of legislators oppose president reagan s policies in the region in the senate a leading republican senator former senate appropriations committee chairman mark hatfield of oregon said he would try to prevent consideration of the bill he said he will put a so called hold on the bill until he finds out whether the war powers act applies to protecting kuwaiti tankers congressional leaders complain they were not consulted about plans to put the u s flag on kuwaiti s and some charged the policy could lead the u s into the iran iraq war conservative republicans said increasing the u s military obligation in the gulf would place impossible burdens on american servicemen and equipment and warned it could lead to war it is a real snake pit at best and a powder keg that will blow sky high at worst said wisconsin rep toby roth reuter 
