The Senate approved a 433 mln dlrbill to aid thousands of homeless people sleeping on streets
around the country.
    The legislation was approved on an 85 to 12 vote but must
be reconciled with a similar House-passed bill differing in
some details.
    The bill passed after Senate leaders managed on a 68 to 29
vote to break a filibuster that had blocked final action.
    The filibuster was led by Republican Senator Gordon
Humphrey of New Hampshire who was trying to force an amendment
to reverse a 12,100 dlr pay raise Congress approved earlier
this year that boosted the lawmakers' salaries to 89,500 dlrs
annually.
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