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US House kills new funding for F-22
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-07-31 02:35

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Thursday killed new funding for the disputed F-22 fighter jet program as part of a $636.3 billion military spending bill that was expected to clear the chamber.

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House action on a vote of 269-165 to bury additional production of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-22 solidified an important victory for the Obama administration on procurement reform and nullified a veto threat over the matter.

The White House and Pentagon considered new F-22 spending in the 2010 Pentagon appropriations bill a waste of money with the aircraft's successor, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, already in the pipeline.

The US Senate last week defeated an attempt in its version of the military spending measure to add more planes beyond the 187 F-22s already budgeted.