Budget clashes endanger year's funding bills
With 19 working days until Oct 6 adjournment, Congress must finish 13 fiscal 2001 spending bills totaling about $600 billion for Cabinet departments and agencies. Republicans face Clinton vetoes and tight leverage as education, policing, foreign aid, and health programs spar over funding levels and program design.
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After School Care Gap Still Leaves Youths Home Alone
A survey of more than 44 000 households finds one in five children ages 6 to 12 regularly left without adult supervision after school. Older children more often stay home alone than attend day care or be cared for by relatives, with affluence not reducing the trend. President Clinton calls for 1 billion dollars for after school programs as researchers note neighborhoods are day time ghost towns and parents struggle to cobble care.
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