Sen. Appropriations Committee Approves $54.1B FY2011 Foreign Ops Spending Bill, Including $8.2B For Global Health Programs

Shannon Forrestall, PT

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a $54.1 billion FY 2011 spending bill for the State Department and related agencies “that includes potentially controversial abortion language,” CQ reports. Approved along a “party-line” vote of 18-12, the bill “would provide $54.1 billion in discretionary funding – $5.3 billion more than in fiscal 2010 but $2…