Senate Clears Supplemental, Sends to Obama
By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
Roll Call Staff
June 18, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
After narrowly beating back an attempt to kill a provision designed to encourage new car buying, the Senate passed, 91-5, the $106 billion supplemental war spending bill. The measure will now be sent to President Barack Obama for his signature.
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