Senate passed non-binding resolution calling for Iraq funding
by Brendan McKenna
May 17, 2007

WASHINGTON — The Senate found something its members could agree on Wednesday: U.S. troops need more money to support their efforts in Iraq and they should get it before the end of the month.

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., introduced a non-binding amendment to a water projects bill expressing the "sense of the Senate" that Congress should send President Bush a war spending bill that he can sign into law no later than May 28.

The amendment was passed on a voice vote after an 87 to 9 vote to cut off debate on the matter – far more than the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster. The underlying bill, authorizing roughly 600 federal projects, eventually passed 91 to 4.


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