Labor/HHS approps
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Senate adopts $353.5 bil. FY 2004 spending bill for Labor/HHS by 94-0 vote Sept. 10. Chamber blocks amendment by Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) to boost NIH funding by $1.5 bil. Senate's pace on appropriations bills may make continuing resolutions necessary to maintain operation of federal government after the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1...