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House Panel Approves District Funding, Continues Abortion Spending Ban
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Washington Post (DC) |
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
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Tim Craig |
A House panel approved new federal funding for the District on Wednesday, including additional money for city courts, the extension of a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, and the continuation of a controversial ban on city money being used to pay for abortions.
The House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2013 Financial Services spending plan, which includes funding for a variety of government services, on a voice vote.
But before the final vote, House Democrats and Republicans squared off over a provision in the budget that prohibits the District from using its own money to pay for abortions for low-income women. . . .
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