Posted at 9:40 a.m., Friday, July 20, 2007
Abercrombie, Hirono help House pass $607B funding bill
Gannett News Service
WASHINGTON —The House passed, 276-140, on Thursday a $607 billion spending measure to fund the Labor, Education and Health and Human Services departments for the next year. Democrats were able to defeat Republican amendments barring federal funding to abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood. The president has threatened a veto due to the bill being $10.8 billion more than his request. The measure now goes to the Senate.Both Hawai'i U.S. Reps. Neil Abercrombie and Mazie Hirono voted for the measure.
