It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.

The White House said it had little choice but to veto spending legislation that included such a proviso.

Economic reformers complained from the start that the spending legislation was unrealistic.

The committee has legislative jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.

The resolution, which does not need the President's signature, serves as a blueprint for actual spending legislation that will be enacted later by Congress.

But whoever is to blame, some lawmakers, especially those in the House who are responsible for passing spending legislation, are becoming frustrated.

House Republican leaders said they wanted to avoid a fight on the environment in the spending legislation.

This massive spending legislation is simply another example of Washington's broken process.

Congress approved stopgap spending legislation last night to buy time to repair the wreckage left when the House rejected the budget compromise.

The Senate passed stopgap spending legislation to keep the Government open for another seven weeks, at reduced spending levels.