V-22 Funding Status Still Murky
Published: Thu May 11th, 2006Source: www.military.com
The $109 billion version of the fiscal year 2006 emergency spending bill passed by the Senate May 4 includes $230 million to buy three V-22 Ospreys for the Marine Corps from Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing, but it remains unclear whether money to buy these aircraft will make it into law. President Bush recently threatened to veto the Senate Bill if it contained more than $92.2 billion. There will surely be pressure to eliminate some of the numerous spending measures added by the Senate when lawmakers meet in the upcoming conference process to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. The $92 billion version passed by the House in March did not earmark any money for V-22s.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued a strongly worded statement criticizing the Senate bill on May 3.
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