WASHINGTON (AP) – This winter’s harsh flu outbreak is passing without the $50 million lawmakers promised for expanding future vaccine production. Millions of federal workers are seeing slimmer than expected paychecks. Initiatives for fighting global AIDS, wildfires and terrorism have been threatened.
The reason: Congress is nearly four months late in finishing the government’s budget.
The Senate seemed likely to break through Democratic stalling tactics on Thursday and vote final congressional approval for a $373 billion bill financing scores of federal agencies for the remaining eight months of the budget year.
Impasse over 2004 budget starting to take a toll
January 22, 2004
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