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War Supp May Surface In Senate This Week, With More Procurement Funds Than House

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Monday, May 19th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The war supplemental appropriations bill that could hit the Senate floor as soon as Tuesday includes $1.1 billion more in weapons-systems spending--including more funds for Growler attack aircraft--than the defeated House plan did. The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) marked up a $193 billion supplemental bill late last Thursday that has more fiscal year 2008 funding for procurement and for research and development than was in the spending portion of the war supplemental that failed to pass the…

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