Aides say Democrats plan aid for veterans jobless in war bill
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Still, it was a sign that Democrats want to avoid loading up the war funding bill with everything but the kitchen sink and lose a veto clash with the president.
Bush is certain to oppose the effort, which would add to the war spending legislation a $12.7 billion plan to give 13 additional weeks of unemployment checks to people whose benefits have run out and 13 weeks beyond that in states with especially high unemployment rates. He
GI Bill benefits for veterans.
But the plan would make it more palatable for anti-war Democrats to provide money until the next president takes office.
Bush has promised to veto any bill that exceeds his pending $108 billion request to fund U.S. military and diplomatic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It
But the hard line from the White House has Democrats scaling back plans to use the must-pass bill as an engine to carry everything from a summer jobs programs to a Senate proposal for $10 billion for infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and new schools.
Republicans are eager for a battle with Democrats over add-ons to the war funding bill. Despite record low approval ratings and his status as a lame duck, Bush has to be rated as a clear favorite in any veto battle.
Bush carries out his veto threat.
The tentative bill also would carry a plan to block new Bush administration regulations that would cut federal spending on Medicaid health care for the poor by $13 billion over the next five years. That bill passed the House Wednesday by an overwhelming 349-62 vote despite a Bush veto threat.
Money to fight wildfires in the West
Hurricane Katrina. The wildfire funds could total about $400 million, while the state of Louisiana wants to ease current requirements that it put up 35 percent of the funds for a multibillion-dollar project to rebuild levees around New Orleans.
Senate Democrats have not signed off on the plan, and there
Other senators want to use the bill to close shortfalls in the budget for the Women, Infants and Children program that gives food to the poor, as well as the 2010 census, which faces a shortfall of almost $1 billion over 2008-2009.
Supplemental spending bills are a long-standing springtime ritual in Washington, when Congress adds items such as disaster aid and nutrition assistance to the budget. There
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