House Passes $463.5 Billion Spending Bill

    The House passed a $463.5 billion spending bill Wednesday while the GOP cried over the Democrats muscling it through.

   The Associated Press

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer
January 31,2007

WASHINGTON - The House passed a $463.5 billion spending bill Wednesday that covers about one-sixth of the federal budget as Democrats cleared away the financial mess they inherited from Republicans.

Before the 286-140 vote, Republicans made modest objections to Democrats' spending decisions but protested greatly over how the new majority muscled the measure through the House.

    There are a few problems with this bill since it still contains some spending that should have been discarded, such as $45 million for indoor rainforest research in central Iowa.

   We will deal with that at some other time.

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