March 31, 2006

Senate Wants More Spent on Education

By KELLY FIELD

The U.S. Senate has voted to raise spending on education and biomedical research by $7-billion, including a $1-billion increase for the National Institutes of Health, while sparing several of the education programs President Bush has proposed eliminating.

The 73-27 vote, loudly praised by higher-education lobbyists, came during debate on the Senate's budget resolution for the 2007 fiscal year, which sets spending ceilings for each of the appropriations subcommittees. The amendment does

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