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U.S. House Approves Funding for Iraq War, Hurricane Reconstruction

Posted on: Friday, 17 March 2006, 09:00 CST

U.S. House approves funding for Iraq war, hurricane reconstruction

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve 91.8 billion U.S. dollars for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as hurricane reconstruction in the U.S. Gulf Coast.

The emergency spending bill, passed on a vote of 348-71, included 67.1 billion dollars for American military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 19.1 billion dollars for reconstruction efforts in the Gulf Coast hit by Hurricane Katrina last August.

With the new fund, the U.S. would have spent nearly 400 billion dollars on the two wars and its other anti-terrorism efforts since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, and boost spending on hurricane- related activities to more than 100 billion dollars.

The Senate was expected to act on its version of the bill this spring.

The House measure also contained a provision that would bar a United Arab Emirates company, Dubai Ports World, from running or managing U.S. ports, despite the company's announcement last week that it would sell its U.S. operations following mounting resistance from the Congress.

Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS

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