U.S. Senate keeps alive funding for C-17 plane

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday kept alive funding for 10 Boeing (BA.N)-made C-17 cargo planes that the Pentagon has said it does not want.

By a vote of 64 to 34, the Senate rejected an effort to strip out $2.5 billion for the cargo planes from its $636 billion defense spending bill.

The House of Representatives has approved money for three of the planes in its version of the bill, which funds Pentagon operations for the fiscal year that starts on Thursday.