Last-Minute Deal on Veterans Approps Bill Unravels

• By Emily Pierce and John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 6, 2006, Midnight

A last-gasp attempt by retiring Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to pass a fiscal 2007 military quality of life and Veterans Affairs spending bill fizzled yesterday as Senate appropriators said the deal was too little, too late.