Akaka Bill Hidden Deep Inside?
Associated Press - December 9, 2010
In the Senate, Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawai`i, backed by Democratic leaders, has fashioned an omnibus spending measure — providing almost $20 billion more than the House bill — that he wants to substitute for the measure being passed across the Capitol.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., opposes Inouye's move, but GOP members of the Appropriations Committee, such as Senators Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, are open to the idea.
