Senate Pushes War, Hurricane Bill to $100BBy 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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