House Passes Spending Package With $11 Billion for Construction
The House has approved a revised, two-part supplemental spending bill that would set aside $165.4 billion for the Dept. of Defense to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and $21.1 billion for DOD construction and funds for other agencies. The package, approved June 19, includes about $11 billion for defense and nondefense construction programs.
The DOD war funding measure was approved 268 to 155, and the other bill, which contained the construction provisions, passed, 416-12.