After settling a fight over "earmarked" funding, House appropriators have pushed the first of the fiscal 2008 spending bills through the chamber. But if the Senate matches the House measures� funding totals, the bills may be vetoed.
Even so, the spending bills "seem to be moving forward in a quick pace," says Karen Bachman, Associated General Contractors' congressional relations director for environment, federal markets and procurement. For construction programs, "There have been some good numbers coming out of the bills,' she adds.