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H5N1 News: Congress Cuts $3.46B From Bush's Avian Flu Request

Bob Brewin writes in FCW.com:

Congress added $3.8 billion, $3.46 billion less than the Bush administration’s request, for avian flu preparedness to the $403.5 billion Defense Department Appropriations bill approved by a House-Senate conference committee yesterday in a rare Sunday session, as lawmakers raced to pass crucial spending legislation for fiscal 2006 before the holiday recess.

The conferees included $29 billion for disaster assistance to hurricane-damaged areas in the South, $10.4 billion more than the administration’s request, in the DOD bill, which passed the full House yesterday and is expected to receive Senate approval before Congress adjourns for the holidays.

posted by Fergie @ 12/19/2005 03:29:00 PM