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House Passes $106 Billion Funding Bill

By Jeralyn, Section Legislation
Posted on Tue Jun 16, 2009 at 08:13:25 PM EST
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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.

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    House Passes $106 Billion Funding Bill | 12 comments (12 topical)

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    If we extrapolate this DoD supplemental, (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by alsace on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 07:45:11 AM EST
    it becomes $1T over 10 years, a number which is supposed to frighten us when it's for health care.

    What is the total for the bill? If $108B for Euro (none / 0) (#11)
    by jawbone on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 08:56:03 PM EST
    bank bailouts, and $106B for DOD (?), plus the other stuff? Strange headlines, to mention just one part.

    And, damn straight about the $1T for healthcare vs. this for wars. And no mention of the multi-trillions for banksters.

    But, hey, Obama has his priorities....

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    I'm so confused... (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by kdog on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 07:57:43 AM EST
    are we broke or not?  I mean I know we don't care about the victims of these bloody occupations on all sides, that has been made painfully obvious, yet I know we care a great deal about Benjamins...I thought our sorry state of monetary affairs might suceed where humanitarian arguments have failed...I just don't get it, we must not really be broke, that was just another con I guess.

    ALL of my Dems voted for it.... (none / 0) (#1)
    by oldpro on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09:35 AM EST
    ...even Jim McDermott, fer gawdsake.

    Rep. Lacy Clay was one of the (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by MO Blue on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 06:56:54 AM EST
    strongest Out of Iraq members when Bush was president. A sure vote against funding of Iraq then. Now that Obama is president, it appears that funding Iraq is A-O.K. with Rep. Clay.

    If Rep. Clay is going adjust his principles so that they agree with Obama, regardless of past stands, I as an independent voter might just have to reevaluate my support for Rep. Clay.

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    Yep. Post-racial is an (none / 0) (#9)
    by oldpro on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 11:54:09 AM EST
    unlikely achievement so long as Obama is in the White House.

    Up is down.

    Ain't love grand?

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    There's something very Roman... (none / 0) (#2)
    by Dadler on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 01:23:41 AM EST
    ...about 80 billion dollars for wars/debacles of choice and 7.7 to respond to a PANDEMIC.

    My rep. (Stephen Lynch in MA) (none / 0) (#6)
    by dk on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 08:07:35 AM EST
    voted for this.  Here's hoping he and Obama both go down the same rabbit hole in primary challenges that this money will.

    The Wonderful Marcy Kaptur, D of Ohio (none / 0) (#7)
    by MsExPat on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 09:14:51 AM EST
    ...voted No.

    Not impressed (none / 0) (#8)
    by andgarden on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 09:31:26 AM EST


    Polis voting with... (none / 0) (#10)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 08:37:06 PM EST
    Coffman and Lamborn?  It's like dogs lying down with cats, innit.  End times are surely near.  

    Jared is certainly fast becoming my favorite Rep with consistant principles like this...

    "Unfortunately, the positive aspects of this bill cannot hide its underlying premise - funding a misguided war in Iraq and Afghanistan - a policy that I believe must be changed," Polis said when he first voted against the war funding bill. "At its heart, this bill is about increasing and prolonging U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, which I do not support."

    Granted he's in an uber-safe district and can afford to be unabashedly liberal, but still that's what I like to see.  Agree with his vote or not, at the very least he's walking the walk he talked about during his campaign.  

    If he had a couple more years experience in the House, I might just be hoping that he'd primary Bennett.  

    Hope and Change (none / 0) (#12)
    by DancingOpossum on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 10:06:56 AM EST
    Nice to see our Antiwar Candidate has become the Bloodthirsty Empire-Building President.

    (Standard Disclaimer: No, I don't think Clinton OR McCain would have been better in this regard.)

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