News from FundersCongress contests proposed 2007 aid package for Egypt

Congress contests proposed 2007 aid package for Egypt.Aya Batrawy. Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). Online April 2006. Members of Congress questioned US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday about the financial assistance package requested for Egypt next year. The proposed budget from the Bush administration would allocate about 1.3-billion dollars for military assistance to Egypt next year, the typical level for Egypt since 1986. … In addition to the 1.3-billion dollars for military assistance, another 455-million dollars is proposed to be allocated to Egypt next year in the form of economic assistance, down from 575-million dollars in 2004. … This proposed financial assistance … questioned by one of Egypt’s strongest supports in the House Appropriations Committee … Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin, Senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. …