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Congress Delays Major Bills as Nixon Veto Threat Looms
Congress labors toward year end with a $54.5 million aid item for Nationalist China jet planes not in a separate foreign aid package. Senate leaders push to hold action until January amid Nixon veto threats on a $29.8 billion HEW Labor aid bill and a $21.3 billion budget, while a $2.2 billion war on poverty authorization clears. Mansfield notes action resumes after the Christmas recess.
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