In Brief: WIC Funding
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
WIC Funding: Disaster Recovery Act of 1997 (HR 1469) passes House and Senate June 5 with respective votes of 220-201 and 67-31. If signed by President Clinton, the bill would provide $76 mil. in additional funding to the Special Supplemental Food Program for Woman, Infants & Children (WIC), the amount requested by the Administration to maintain current WIC operating volume ("The Tan Sheet" June 2, In Brief). Due to two provisions added to the bill by Republicans, the president has promised to veto the legislation...