On June 30, 2000, the Senate voted on its FY 2001 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill, amending the House bill, which includes the federal CTC program under the Department of Education. The bill passed 52 to 43, and included the Senate Appropriations Labor, HHS and Education Subcommittee recommendation for funding Community Technology Centers at $65 million, which is double the amount requested by in the House bill, but $35 million less than the Department of Education's request of $100 million. The next step is is for the conference committee of the House and Senate to hammer out a final version of the bill which will then go to the President for his approval or veto. The full table showing the House and Senate Subcommittee amounts for the Department of Education programs in Adobe PDF format online: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/01hs.pdf The status of appropropriations bills in Congress is available online: http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/appover.html