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House Passes $106 Billion Funding Bill

By Jeralyn

The House of Representatives today passed the $106 billion funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The $106 billion measure, in addition to about $80 billion for military operations, provides for an array of other spending priorities, including $7.7 billion to respond to the flu pandemic and more than $10 billion in development and security aid for Pakistan and Iraq as well as countries such as Mexico and the nation of Georgia.

Democratic leaders pushing the bill on behalf of the Obama administration had to overcome an unusual alliance. Anti-war Democrats opposed continued war spending and Republicans condemned $5 billion in the measure to secure a $108 billion U.S. line of credit to the International Monetary Fund for loans to poor countries.

The roll call vote is here.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).