SCORE FOR SOUTHLAND PROJECTS HOUSE OKS FUNDS FOR MANY LOCAL ITEMS IN $137.6 BILLION SPENDING BILL.(News)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: November 19, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Lisa Friedman Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - The House approved $4 million Friday to begin transporting President Richard Nixon's White House records from Washington, D.C., to their new home in Yorba Linda.

The money was part of a $137.6 billion federal spending bill that will fund everything from transportation to performing arts programs. It passed 492-31 and an identical version is expected to pass the Senate.

The Southland scored some b...