WASHINGTON -- Some lawmakers and interest groups are complaining that a $90 billion, House-passed spending bill shortchanges veterans' health-care programs, and say they might do something about it.
But supporters of the package for veterans, housing, environment and science programs say they did the best they could under tight budget restrictions. And they indicate more money might be found for veterans by the time Congress sends the bill to President Bush.
"This is not the end of the process," Rep. James Walsh, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that wrote the bill, said shortly before the House approved it 316-109 late Friday.
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