House panel blocks amendment to boost supplemental defense spending

The House Rules Committee late June 19 decided to block House Armed Services Committee ranking Democrat Ike Skelton (Mo.) from offering an amendment on the House floor to add $2.74 billion in defense spending to the fiscal 2001 supplemental spending bill. House Republican leaders have insisted that...

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