KR Washington Bureau | 11/20/2004 | Spending bill contains controversial abortion provision

KR Washington Bureau 11/20/2004 Spending bill contains controversial abortion provision Um.... Mmm.... Bad. Getting bad. from the article? Departing from some of the more freewheeling spending of recent years, lawmakers adhered to budgetary constraints by whittling spending for federal agencies, but still managed to include money for favorite local projects. The bill came just days after Congress increased that nation's $7.4 trillion debt limit by $800 billion. Republicans praised the package as a model of fiscal restraint, noting that some federal agencies had their spending cut.