By Emelie Rutherford The House, via a 308-114 vote, granted final congressional approval yesterday to the long-delayed war-funding bill, after lawmakers agreed to remove much of the domestic spending tacked on to it. The emergency supplemental legislation contains $4.9 billion in procurement funding, $512 more than President Barack Obama proposed on March 21. Obama is expected to sign the measure that funds the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through the end of fiscal year 2010 on Sept. 30. The supplemental took on…
House Sends Obama War Supplemental With $4.9 Billion In Procurement
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