Yes, the president is happy, all right:

The Senate Monday gave President Bush his requested $87.5 billion package for military and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The New York Times said the voice vote occurred late afternoon.

With its long-standing tradition of pork legislation - let alone its responsibility to support the military action it authorized in Iraq - Congress had no right to quibble. The Sunni Triangle will be pacified sooner than later, and keeping unrest cordoned off there for the short term will allow the Kurds and Shiites to safely continue rebuilding their country. Thereafter, a modernizing Iraq will surely cut fissures into whatever popular support Ba'athists enjoy in Sunni enclaves. This is money well-spent.