June 4, 2004

Senate Delays Vote on Budget

By STEPHEN BURD

Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have put off consideration of a final budget for the 2005 fiscal year because they have been unable to persuade some moderates in their party to support it.

The plan, which the House of Representatives narrowly passed last month, was the product of almost two months of grueling negotiations between the budget committees in each chamber. College lobbyists and student advocates are unhappy with the final plan, known as a budget resolution, because it

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