Budget Bills Exceed Cap, but Bush Signs Them
From Times Wire Reports
President Bush signed a pair of spending bills that will pay for land conservation and military housing improvements.
Though the measures surpassed his original spending requests by more than $1.5 billion, Bush praised lawmakers for working to hold overall spending to the limit of $686 billion that was agreed upon.
The president approved a $19.1-billion bill financing this year’s land and cultural programs, $1 billion more than he originally wanted.
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