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Sadistic-Savior · #1 (**permalink**) 03-27-2007, 08:37 AM

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The Senate bill is $18 billion more than President Bush requested for military operations. The House bill, which passed last week, exceeded the administration’s request by $21 billion and included money for spinach growers, peanut storage and citrus farmers.

http://www.examiner.com/a-640957~Senate__emergency__war_bill_has_almost
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Congress seems to have a rather unique interpretation of war spending. Nice to see that they are using the "mandate" from the last elections to give Bush all he wanted...and then some.

Thanks for the funding Nancy.

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“Maybe this is what Democrats mean by ‘phased redeployment’,” Hart said.

Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., Monday defended the extra spending, describing it as “common sense and good economics.”

[...] The $100 million for the political party conventions — $50 million for the Democratic convention in Denver and $50 million for the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn. — is included in a section described as “Katrina recovery, veterans’ care and for other purposes.”

http://www.examiner.com/a-640957~Senate__emergency__war_bill_has_almost
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heh heh heh... "Katrina Recover Veterans Care". Yeah, thats not a stretch at all.

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The Senate Appropriations Committee noted that the committee provided roughly $50 million to help defray the costs of policing the 2004 conventions. A senate staffer pointed out, however, that the 2004 funding earned approval through the normal appropriations process rather than the less-stringent “emergency” process permitted for the current bill.

[...] And it includes $3.5 million for the Capitol’s guided–tour program and $20 million for, in part, insect infestation control in Nevada, thanks to Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Guided tours...now THATS what I call an emergency Harry.