Congress Looks to Supplemental to Counter Gates

President Obama has submitted a supplemental funding bill for FY09 to continue operations in Afghanistan. This is in line with how the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan was funded during the Bush Presidency. One of the reasons this is done as it is not always possible when doing the full budget over a year in advance to project expenditures and requirements. Congress must appropriate very specifically what the money should be used for and the supplemental allows it to do so during the actual year. Part of the Obama spending reforms is to stop this practice and move the money into the general budget. This is a good idea and is the proper way of doing things, but to prevent…

Source: BNET