It is more like an omelette made of many eggs. In fact. you might call this conference agreement an omelette made from 437 eggseach one a Senate amendment. In either case. whether you regard the conference agreement as a turkey omelette or as salmon caviar. let me tell you about some of the eggs that are in it: $5.6 billion for the Commodity Credit Corporation. $287 million for Pell grants for the upcoming school year. $137 million for INS to administer the New Immigration Act. $544 million for DOD health care. $80 million for veterans compensation and pensions. $122 million for family social services. which is an entitlement. and $80 million for the IRS. On language issues: We dropped the arms control provisions and the funds for SDI. We retained the House language on the CDS payback. We dropped the Senate language delaying employer sanctions under the Immigration Reform Act. We agreed to Senate language on the super collider which prevents the consideration of cost sharing. and We agreed to compromise language on drug testing for Federal employees. There is one rotten egg in this conference agreementthe Senate language that removes the $250.000 cap on loans to honey producers.
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