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Appropriations Panel Clears Security Bill

Wall Street Journal - June 18, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The House Appropriations Committee approved a $30.4 billion homeland-security bill, exceeding President Bush's budget request by $1 billion and setting the stage for a larger battle among Republicans over spending priorities in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.

In programs ranging from education to veterans' health care, the committee anticipates adding more money to Mr. Bush's requests in the coming weeks while cutting military and foreign-aid requests. Overall, about $7 billion is in flux -- not a huge sum given the government's size, but one affecting issues from fighting AIDS overseas to building Mr. Bush's proposed hydrogen-powered "Freedom Car."

The most sensitive area could be foreign aid, where almost $1.77 billion would be cut from the administration's request. Rep. Jim Kolbe (R., Ariz.), who manages the foreign-aid budget, insisted the president will get all the money he needs to begin his AIDS initiative. But there is a huge gap between the numbers being discussed and the $3 billion annual levels assumed in the $15 billion, five-year authorization signed with such fanfare last month.

Among domestic accounts, Republicans will claim $2.2 billion of "savings" by backdating education appropriations to apply to this fiscal year, and not 2004. But even with such gimmicks, Appropriations Committee Chairman Bill Young (R., Fla.) predicted, "There will be pain."


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