1 | MADRID - Spanish lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the government's support for the 86 billion euro ($93 billion) bailout package for Greece. |
2 | Members of the nation's lower house of parliament voted 297-20 in support of the third Greek bailout already backed by the administration of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. |
3 | Tuesday's vote was largely symbolic because Rajoy's Popular Party holds an absolute majority in Parliament. |
4 | Spain will supply 10.1 billion euros to the Greek bailout. |
5 | Its officials have been hawkish in demanding that Greece abide by strict terms such as budget cuts and reforms. |
6 | Spain asked for and received a bailout of its hurting banks in 2012. |