House Gop Backs Spending Veto ; Calls On Senate to Expunge Billions Unrelated to Iraq, Katrina

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House Republican leaders yesterday warned senators that they support President Bush's veto threat against the Senate's $108 billion war and hurricane-relief emergency-spending bill, which is laden with extra, unrelated spending items.

The Senate was preparing as soon as today to approve the spending measure, which goes far beyond the roughly $92 billion that Mr. Bush requested and the House approved. It contains extra items like $4 billion for agriculture relief, $1.1 billion for fisheries and a $700 million plan to reroute a railroad.

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House Gop Backs Spending Veto ; Calls On Senate to Expunge Billions Unrelated to Iraq, Katrina

Mr. Bush threatened a veto if the extra items are not removed, and House leaders yesterday backed that threat, staking out a firm posit...

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