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House Democrats Defeat Spending Bill
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Nov 17, 2005 04:24pm |
| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Nov 17, 2005 02:20pm |
| Description | Legislation to fund many of the nation's health, education and social programs went down to a startling defeat in the House Thursday, led by Democrats who said cuts in the bill hurt some of America's neediest people.
The 224-209 vote against the $142.5 billion spending bill disrupted plans by Republican leaders to finish up work on this year's spending bills and cast doubt on whether they would have the votes to pass a major budget-cutting bill also on the day's agenda.
Twenty-two Republicans voted against the measure, many of them moderates who also are swing votes on the budget-cutting legislation.
The defeat upset Republican plans to finish up nearly all the spending bills before leaving for the Thanksgiving recess. |
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