Senate Clears $31.6-Billion Supplemental Spending Bill
The Senate has approved a $31.6 billion fiscal 2002 supplemental appropriation measure that provides billions of dollars in additional aid for homeland security and to rebuild New York City after Sept. 11. The Senate vote, which came early in the morning of June 7, was 71-22.
According to Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas), President Bush has said he would veto the Senate version, which is more then $4 billion above the amount he requested.