Appropriations Season Heats Up As Democrats Say Bush Tax Cut Will Force Raiding of Trust Funds.

Reports on the start of debates on appropriations bills in the United States (U.S.) Congress in July 2001. Debate over a fiscal 2001 supplemental spending bill in the Senate on July 9, 2001; Factors affecting House and Senate appropriators' ability to compromise; Attitude of the U.S. Department of Defense toward the clearance of the supplemental spending bill.