The Senate yesterday voted 95 to zero to approve a nearly $370 billion military spending bill. But the defense bill did not reflect any of the costs of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, accused the administration or trying to mislead Americans about the cost of war by not including “one thin dime in the budget” for Iraq and Afghanistan.

Meanwhile Sen. Durbin of Illinois submitted an amendment that would have withheld $50 million in intelligence funding unless Bush provides a report on how the White House used intelligence in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq. But the measure was defeated 62 to 34