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The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved a wartime spending bill, authorizing nearly 80 billion dollars to be used in the war against Iraq and terrorism.
US Senate passed the bill Friday night and US President George W. Bush was expected to sign it into law soon.
"I am disappointed that some Senate provisions were ultimately included that were not war or homeland security-related, but the vast majority of those provisions were stripped from the final conference report," House Speaker Dennis Hastert said after the bill was passed.
"We pay for the supplies, the ammunition, the training, so that our men and women in uniform can do their jobs in Iraq, in Afghanistan and around the world," he said.
Bush had asked for 74.7 billion dollars three weeks ago, but the Senate leaders had introduced many spending proposals to the bill, including 3 billion dollars for US airlines and 110 million dollars for agriculture research labs in Ames, Iowa.
(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2003)
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