The House Appropriations Committee passed a defense spending bill July 8 that would provide some $1 billion less for space programs than the Pentagon requested for 2012. In total, the bill would provide the Defense Department with a $530 billion baseline budget, some $17 billion more than was appropriated for this year but $9 billion short of the administration's request, according to ajuly 8 committee press release. The bill would also provide $119 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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