Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $106.5 billion supplemental spending bill. The bill appropriates $72.4 billion for war funding in Iraq and Afghanistan and foreign aid and $27.1 billion for hurricane relief. Below are additional details on funding that was added by amendment in committee: Amendments Adding Funding Dorgan/Burns: $4 billion for agriculture relief Shelby: $1.1 billion for fisheries Harkin: $2.3 billion for pandemic flu preparations Byrd: $648 million for port security Murray: $594 million for FHA emergency road repair program Durbin: $50 million increase for peacekeeping operations in Darfur Hutchinson: $350 million for the Education Department to reimburse states for education displaced students Landrieu: $30 million for the Gulf Coast region and $600 million increase for FEMA disaster relief fund All told, the Senate Committee added $14 billion in spending above the president's initial request. Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, interestingly said of this spending: "The Senate's appetite for unchecked federal spending greatly strengthens the hand of conservatives pushing budget process reforms. I'm not happy with what they did, but it's helpful." Further details can be found in this Senate Appropriations Committee press release