Yes, Congress is getting some stuff done
Congress has been blamed for not stopping the war and everything else including post nasal drip. Well, the Senate passed a bill which raised pay for our troops. This was included in a $696 Billion Military Spending bill.
$700 Billion. Damn that a ton of money.
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From WaPo:
The Senate voted Tuesday to approve a revised defense bill authorizing a 3.5 percent pay raise for troops while sidestepping a veto showdown with President Bush.
The 91-3 vote sends the $696 billion measure to Bush for his expected signature.
The president had rejected an earlier version of the bill because of a provision that would have guaranteed that victims of state-sponsored abuse can sue foreign governments in court and collect judgments by seizing its assets inside the United States. Bush said that would have exposed Iraq to high-dollar lawsuits over abuse during the Saddam Hussein era at a time when the country is struggling to rebuild its infrastructure. (more…)
