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Thursday, June 07, 2007
Approps Update
The House Appropriations Committee got down to business this week and approved four bills for full floor consideration. You will note that all of them exceed the president's request. Given OMB Director Rob Portman's warning that he will recomend that the president veto any bill over the president's request, the veto pen might run out of ink before all spending bills are completed.
| Appropriations Bills Approved by Appropriations Committee (billions of dollars) |
| Bill | Appropriated | Amount Over President's Request |
| Energy & Water | 31.6 | 1.2 |
| Homeland Security | 36.3 | 2.1 |
| Interior & Environment | 27.6 | 1.9 |
| Military Construction & Veterans Affairs | 109.2 | 4 |
Also: Dana has some interesting stuff to say about the Military Construction & VA bill
Posted by Craig Jennings
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