RSLudlum
05-29-2010, 12:22 AM
...because they voted against the $60 billion supplemental appropriations bill. Or maybe it didn't spend enough for their fiscally conservative taste? What ever the reason, at least there was some opposition.
War Bill Approved as Afghan Conflict Tops Iraq in Cost, Troops
By Brian Faler
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate approved a $60 billion war-funding bill last night as the conflict in Afghanistan has exceeded the Iraq war in annual cost and number of troops.
Senators voted 67-28 for the measure, which goes to the House for consideration next month. Opposing the legislation were 26 Republicans and two Democrats.
The vote came after lawmakers rejected a proposal to require President Barack Obama to submit a non-binding report outlining when he plans to end U.S. involvement in the almost nine-year-old Afghan conflict.
“The American people deserve an answer to the question: How much longer?” said Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who sponsored the amendment that was defeated 80-18. The funding bill “will add some $30 billion more to the almost $300 billion we’ve already spent in Afghanistan with no end in sight,” he said.
read rest of article here:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-28/war-bill-approved-as-afghan-conflict-tops-iraq-in-cost-troops.html
Summary of the bill: http://appropriations.house.gov/images/Supplemental_Appropriations_Bill_Summary_-_War_Jobs_and_Other_needs_-_05.26.2010.pdf
War Bill Approved as Afghan Conflict Tops Iraq in Cost, Troops
By Brian Faler
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate approved a $60 billion war-funding bill last night as the conflict in Afghanistan has exceeded the Iraq war in annual cost and number of troops.
Senators voted 67-28 for the measure, which goes to the House for consideration next month. Opposing the legislation were 26 Republicans and two Democrats.
The vote came after lawmakers rejected a proposal to require President Barack Obama to submit a non-binding report outlining when he plans to end U.S. involvement in the almost nine-year-old Afghan conflict.
“The American people deserve an answer to the question: How much longer?” said Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who sponsored the amendment that was defeated 80-18. The funding bill “will add some $30 billion more to the almost $300 billion we’ve already spent in Afghanistan with no end in sight,” he said.
read rest of article here:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-28/war-bill-approved-as-afghan-conflict-tops-iraq-in-cost-troops.html
Summary of the bill: http://appropriations.house.gov/images/Supplemental_Appropriations_Bill_Summary_-_War_Jobs_and_Other_needs_-_05.26.2010.pdf