Senate Passes $81-Billion Spending Bill, With Funds for Baghdad Embassy 4/22/2005
The Senate has approved an $81.3-billion emergency spending measure, with most of the money going for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it also includes funds to build a new U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad.
In addition, the package, approved April 21 on a 99-0 vote, provides $1.1 billion for military construction, mostly for overseas projects.