December 5, 2003

Appropriations Bill Has Many Gains for Colleges, but Congress Takes Off Without Passing It

By ANNE MARIE BORREGO and STEPHEN BURD

Congress left town last week for the Thanksgiving holiday without completing work on legislation to finance many federal agencies for the 2004 fiscal year, which began October 1.

Efforts to pass a vast $390-billion spending bill, which would cover more than one-sixth of the federal budget, have stalled because Senate Democrats and some Republicans are unhappy with compromises that Congressional leaders made with the White House over several controversial issues unrelated to higher

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