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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>By a vote of 392 - 0, the House passed <SPAN
class=865130213-25092001>a continuing resolu</SPAN><SPAN
class=865130213-25092001>tion </SPAN><SPAN class=865130213-25092001>to
fund</SPAN><SPAN class=865130213-25092001> </SPAN><SPAN
class=865130213-25092001>the f</SPAN><SPAN class=865130213-25092001>ederal
government through</SPAN><SPAN class=865130213-25092001> </SPAN>October 16,
2001.<SPAN class=865130213-25092001> By law, the Congress must approve the
federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year before October 1st. In this
case, Congress has not yet completed work on the FY '02 budget so they have
approved this two-week continuing resolution to give them more time to finish
this work.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=865130213-25092001>Stay
tuned...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P><B><I><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>Christy Gullion</FONT></I></B>
<BR><I><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>Associate Director for Federal
Policy</FONT></I> <BR><I><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>National
Institute for Literacy</FONT></I> <BR><I><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode"
size=2>1775 I Street, NW, Suite 730</FONT></I> <BR><I><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>Washington, DC 20006</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>ph. 202-233-2033</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>fax 202-233-2050</FONT></I> </P>
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