Senate Pushes War, Hurricane Bill to $100B

[Eugene]

Senate Pushes War, Hurricane Bill to $100B

By ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 4, 2006; 7:13 AM

WASHINGTON -- A Senate panel is poised to approve President Bush's request for more money
for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but only after adding billions of dollars
in additional hurricane aid and relief for drought-stricken farmers.

The moves by the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is meeting Tuesday, are expected
to lift the price tag for the legislation to more than $100 billion.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss., is pushing to boost
significantly Bush's latest request for hurricane relief. Committee Democrats are set to win
almost $4 billion in election-year agriculture disaster aid.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040400199.html

[jus_the_facts]

1. Go ahead and print up another few trillion...you're gonna need it....

:eyes:

[rodeodance]

2. Just re-direct the ME gulf funds to the US gulf area.!!

[jus_the_facts]

3. We're just seein' the beginning with the need for $ for natural disasters

....alone...and we ain't seen nothin' yet...don't even get me started with the disasters we're causin' with our occupation of the ME. :(