Defying President Bush, Senate Passes Spending Bill for Health and Education Programs

By Kelly Field

Setting the stage for a showdown with President Bush, the U.S. Senate passed a health-and-education-spending bill for 2008 on Tuesday that exceeds President Bush's budget request by $11-billion.

The president has threatened to veto the measure over what he has called "irresponsible and excessive" spending. It would take a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives to override a veto. The Senate, which approved the bill 75 to 19, apparently could

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