Recent CRS Report Details War Spending
by Craig Jennings, 2/26/2008
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published on Feb. 8 indicates:
- Enacted war spending, including supplemental requests and regular appropriations, to date totals $699.9 billion
- Enactment of the president's full FY 2008 $196 billion ($105.2 billion is pending) request and $70 billion FY 2009 request would push total war spending up to $875 billion
- Currently enacted spending legislation will fund war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until Aug. 2008.
