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Article: House Passes Defense Spending Bill
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- May 10, 2002
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ The House passed the biggest increase in military
spending in decades early Friday to help fight the war on terrorism,
including money for a new mobile artillery cannon the Pentagon doesn'
t want.
Lawmakers voted 359-58 to send the $383 billion measure outlining
2003 defense spending to the Senate.
Armed Services Committee Chairman Bob Stump, R-Ariz., said the bill
provides the largest real boost in Pentagon spending, in inflation-
adjusted dollars, since 1966.
"We are starting to dig out of the budget hole we created after 13
years of budget cuts," Stump said.
Across Capitol Hill, the Senate Armed Services Committee completed
work on its ...