Senate Spending Bill Blocked; Loan Cuts Advance

By Robert C. Johnston and Mark Pitsch



Washington

Stymied by partisan divisions, the Senate last week postponed action on a fiscal 1996 spending bill that would provide funds for most Department of Education programs and includes $1.5 billion more in education funding than the counterpart House bill.

The delay guaranteed that Congress would miss its Oct. 1 deadline for passing the 13 appropriations bills that fund government operations. But the House and Senate allayed fears of a shutdown by passing identical versions of a...

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