Statement of Purpose: To provide authority to increase Army active-duty end strengths for fiscal year 2010 as well as fiscal year 2011 and 2012.

Vote Counts:
YEAs 93

NAYs 1

Not Voting 6

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This bill makes no provision for funding the increase but will leave the Obama Administration facing yet another “emergency funding” bill. During the campaign President Obama condemned the Bush Administration for using emergency funding to pay for the wars, and promised after submitting the previous one that it would be their last.