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- March 31, 2005
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Here's how some major bills fared recently in Congress and how
local congressional members voted, as provided by Thomas Voting
Reports. NV means Not Voting.
For: 388 / Against: 43
The House sent the Senate a bill (HR 1268) appropriating $76.8
billion for U.S. military operations this fiscal year in Iraq and
Afghanistan. For Iraq, the bill raises total appropriations for
combat and reconstruction to at least $212 billion since early 2003.
For Afghanistan, military actions and reconstruction have received at
least $65 billion in appropriations since late 2001.
Almost all of HR 1268 is deficit spending. Among the bill's other
large items are $656 million for victims of the South Asian tsunami ...