Vetoed Bill Protected Voluntary Prayer In Schools

H.R. 3043, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill that was vetoed by President Bush on Tuesday, provides in Sec. 303 that "no funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools." Bush's veto message, of course, was not directed at this provision, but instead at his concern over "excessive spending".