Moving the FY10 Supplemental Through Senate
Yesterday the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed a $58.8 billion FY 10 supplemental spending bill for disaster assistance, the war, and Haiti reconstruction. The measure includes $6.2 billion for State and Foreign Operations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Haiti, roughly in line with the President’s total request for those programs. We’ll be providing a detailed analysis of the spending measure early next week. No firm date for full Senate action on the supplemental has been scheduled. House leaders have said that they will take up the measure after it passes the Senate and that they hope to have it completed by the Memorial Day recess
