Washington — Not willing
to risk a Presidential veto of a
huge catchall spending bill and seeking
to make
good on a political vow
to pass their own appropriations bill for the second straight year,
key congressional leaders pushed through a weary 98th Congress, a record $ 17.6 billion in fiscal 1985 Education Department funding last week — not as part of the continuing resolution but in the $ 101 - billion bill for the departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services and Education.