Senate OKs More Money for Corps of Engineers
The Senate gave final congressional approval to a $30.5-billion bill that provides more money for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to look at ways to better protect the Gulf Coast from hurricanes and to expand nuclear weapons programs.
The fiscal 2006 spending bill, which funds several federal agencies and was previously approved by the House, goes to President Bush to sign into law.
The Army Corps of Engineers would be given $5.4 billion, about $1 billion more than Bush requested in February, according to Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M), who pushed the bill through the Senate.
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