WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate agreed to spend an additional $63 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as lawmakers on Thursday passed a massive bill that funds the Pentagon.

The bill sailed through by a vote of 98-0 after senators added money to help track down al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and fight the opium trade in Afghanistan that is helping fuel the Taliban’s resurgence.

The overwhelming support for the overall bill and the money to support U.S. troops in harm’s way came despite increasing criticism by Democrats of the Bush administration’s handling of the war in Iraq.

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