Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2009 Passed Senate

The Senate overwhelmingly (91-5) passed the Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2009 (H.R. 2346) without hardly any objection and without any change. The war funding bill, which has caught some public attention because it includes so-called "cash for clunkers" auto purchase subsidy program ($1 billion) and IMF funding ($7.6 billion additional quota, up to $116 billion loan).

Aside from these and money that actually goes to the U.S. military, there are a whole lot that are going to foreign countries. Middle East and Central Asia get the bulk, but Burma and Mexico also get a nice chunk:

$921,500,000, for worldwide security upgrades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, and shall be made available for secure diplomatic facilities and housing for United States mission staff in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for mobile mail screening units.
$150,000,000 for ‘Global Health and Child Survival’
$200,000,000 may be made available for cash transfer assistance to the Palestinian Authority
$10,000,000 may be made available for humanitarian assistance in Burma
$242,000,000 shall be available for assistance for Georgia
$30,000,000 may be made available for assistance for the Kyrgyz Republic
$487,500,000 for ‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'
$390,000,000 for ‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’
$260,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for the Mexican Navy
$150,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan
$555,000,000, shall be available for grants only for Israel
$260,000,000 shall be made available for grants only for Egypt
$69,000,000 may be made available for assistance for Lebanon
$700,000,000. counterinsurgency activities in Pakistan
$150,000,000 shall be made available to support programs that directly address the needs of Afghan women and girls

The provision that would have blocked the release of the photographs allegedly showing detainee abuse in the US custody had been dropped during the negotiation in the House, which had a much closer vote (226-202).

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