Senate Passes Supplemental Spending Bill

May 4, 2006

Today, on a vote of 77 to 21, the U.S. Senate approved the $108 billion supplemental spending bill. This bill includes $67.5 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So-called “antiwar” Senators again voted for the war funds. Fiscal hawks like John McCain voted against the supplemental spending bill.

The bill now goes to a House - Senate Conference Committee to resolve differences between the bill passed in the House and the bill passed in the Senate.