Last-Minute Deal on Veterans Approps Bill Unravels

By Emily Pierce and John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

December 6, 2006

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.

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