House Passes Supplemental Spending Bill
June 20th, 2008 by Adam
On Thursday the House of Representatives passed the latest version of H.R. 2642, the long debated supplemental spending bill. The domestic spending measure passed by an overwhelming 416 to 12. The amendment containing the $161.8 billion in war funding passed by a vote of 268 to 155. The bill requires that State Department and USAID reconstruction aid be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Iraqi government. Furthermore, the bill prohibits the use of military construction funds to establish permanent bases in Iraq. The Senate is expected to pass the bill before Congress goes into its Fourth of July recess.
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