Posted on 11/06/2001 11:00:51 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:48:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
President Bush told congressional appropriators yesterday he would veto further emergency aid this year, but lawmakers are eyeing as much as $15 billion more for homeland security.
Mr. Bush started the meeting at the White House by vowing to veto any spending that goes "one dime" above the $40 billion that Congress appropriated last month in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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