Spending measure faces delays as House, Senate versions differ

BOSTON – In back-to-back sessions, the House and Senate this week passed $168 million spending bills and leaders warned state spending accounts will soon run out of money if a new spending law is not agreed upon soon. But while the bills are similar, the Senate on Thursday passed a slightly different version of the House bill. In addition to substituting a new bill (S 2193), the Senate added through floor amendments new sections dealing with federal funding of home care, the state's health safe

BOSTON – In back-to-back sessions, the House and Senate this week passed $168 million spending bills and leaders warned state spending accounts will soon run out of money if a new spending law is not agreed upon soon. But while the bills are similar, the Senate on Thursday passed a slightly different version of the House bill. In addition to substituting a new bill (S 2193), the Senate added through floor amendments new sections dealing with federal funding of home care, the state's health safe…