Senate committee sets discretionary fund allocations for agencies
Overall, the panel doled out $1.013 trillion for the 12 fiscal 2009 appropriations bills, which would be $21 billion more than the administration proposal.
The Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday approved the 302(b) allocations for the 12 fiscal 2009 appropriations bills, including $487.7 billion for the Defense Department, which is about $4 billion less than the $491.7 billion requested by President Bush.
Overall, the panel doled out $1.013 trillion for the bills, which would be $21 billion more than sought by Bush. Of that total, $602.9 billion would fund defense and security-related programs, about $2.1 billion over Bush's request.
The committee also would provide $373 billion for domestic programs, almost $20.1 billion over the White House request.
The Labor-HHS Appropriations bill would provide $153.1 billion, nearly $7.8 billion over the Bush request.
Other winners include the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill, which would get $57 billion, $4.2 billion more than the amount Bush sought. The Military Construction Appropriations bill would also see an increase over Bush's request. The measure would get $73 billion, $3.6 billion more than the White House's fiscal 2009 spending proposal.