During the 1980s, he served as chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
The bill will be considered later this week by the full Senate Appropriations Committee.
"The biggest ones we secure," the general told the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The Senate Appropriations Committee later included similar language in their version of the bill.
The control board and the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $5.1 billion budget for the year.
He chaired the even more powerful Senate Appropriations Committee from 1971 until his death.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has drafted a $12 billion spending bill for the war.
The proposal has been opposed by the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee, however.
It was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee last week.
But today the Senate Appropriations Committee included the money in its foreign operations bill.
