WASHINGTON, April 3 United States Congress approved on Thursday a bill that would give President George W. Bush roughly 80 billion dollars he wants to cover the costs of the ongoing war with Iraq, and for his administration's efforts in striking terrorism. The bill, passed with votes of 93-0 in the Senate and of 414-12 in the House, will be sent to the White House before April 11, a deadline set by President Bush.

On Tuesday, both appropriations committees of the House and Senate gave a green light to the packages of nearly 80 billion dollars to finance the war in Iraq. Bush asked for a package of 74.7 billion dollars to cover the costs of war with Iraq and war against terrorism. However, the two committees added more than 3 billion dollars to Bush's proposal in a bid to help the country's struggling airlines industry.

The approved package would offer Bush about 62.5 billion dollars to finance the ongoing Iraq war. In addition, about 5 billion dollars would be offered in foreign aid to Israel, Jordan,Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan to reward their support in the Iraq warand in the global war against terrorism. The House bill includes 4.2 billion dollars for tightening security at home, nearly matching Bush's request of 4.3 billion dollars. The Senate bill provides an additional 400 million dollars over Bush's request.