Senate Democrats approve higher budget for environmental programs« Thread Started on Jun 20, 2007, 4:09pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senate Democrats approve higher budget for environmental programsBy Andrew Taylor read at source> http://www.plentymag.com/news/2007/06/d ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats pressed for budget increases for party priorities such as health, special education and medical research Tuesday as an appropriations panel approved a $152 billion spending bill.