In a 93-to-seven vote, the Senate on Oct. 6 passed its version of the Fiscal 2010 defense appropriations bill, a measure that includes $2.5 billion to procure 10 C-17s that the Air Force did not request.rnThe bill appropriates to defense a total of $636.3 billion, of which $128.2 billion was earmarked for ongoing wars.rnThe C-17 measure was controversial. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pushed for the aircraft, arguing that it would be unwise to shut down C-17 production before the Pentagon has made far-reaching decisions on its airlift fleet.
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