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$425 million for schools in timber counties retained in bill funding Iraq war
May 25, 2007 /
WASHINGTON — Congress approved $425 million in emergency spending for a one-year extension of payments to rural counties hurt by cutbacks in federal logging.
The plan, approved 348-73 by the House and 80-14 by the Senate on Thursday, would provide payments through September to more than 700 timber counties in 39 states, mostly in the West and South.
By MATTHEW DALY
The Associated Press
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