Senate Majority Leader Reid Seeks To Limit Amendments To FY 2007 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday moved to limit debate on a $463.5 billion fiscal year 2007 omnibus appropriations bill by "filing a cloture petition and employing a tactic known as 'filling the tree' with amendments," CongressDaily reports (Cohn, CongressDaily, 2/8). The legislation, which the House approved last month, would fund most federal agencies until Sept. [click link for full article] ...