Senate Approps Approves Yet Another Supplemental Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved yet another supplemental funding bill today by a 27-1 vote. The bill funds an additional $105 billion in fiscal 2006 supplemental spending - most of the money would fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and hurricane relief. It appears Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-NH) - also a member of the Appropriations Committee, was the lone Senator to vote against the measure. Gregg decried the bill as already "balloon[ing] out of control" by including substantially more funding for extraneous items than the president requested and for underfunding border security - a key issue for Gregg The bill head to the floor after the two-week April recess.
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