News in Brief

The Senate has passed a budget resolution that calls for about $500 million more in discretionary funds for education, job training, and social services than President Clinton proposed in his fiscal 1995 budget.

After lengthy debate shortly before the Congressional spring recess, senators voted 57 to 40 on March 25 to pass S Con Res 63.

The blueprint recommends $44.5 billion in discretionary spending and $13.4 billion in entitlement funding, for a total of $57.9 billion for the broad spending...