Date: September 9, 1975
Subject: Education Appropriations Veto
Description: Passage, over the President's July 25 veto, of the bill making fiscal 1976 and advance fiscal 1977 appropriations of $7,480,312,952, plus $464,683,000 for the three-month transition period, for education programs operated by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and related agencies. This bill exceeded the Ford Administration's original request by $1.3 billion, would increase the federal debt and would be inflationary. Student test scores have been steadily declining as federal funding of new educational programs has increased.
Result: Veto Overridden, 379-41
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