House and Senate
Increase Part D (Title IV) Funding, Rest of CARE Act
On July 19, the House passed the Labor,
Health and Human Services and Education (Labor-HHS) spending
bill, setting funding levels for FY 2008, by a vote of 276-140
– falling several votes short of a veto-proof majority.
President Bush has threatened to veto bills with funding levels
higher than what he requested, and the House's Labor-HHS bill
includes $10 billion beyond the President's request. Time
will tell as to whether the President will actually veto a bill
funding education and health care.
