Clinton vetoes bill to fund Congress President calls on lawmakers to deal with `people's business,' then their own

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton yesterday vetoed a bill that provides $2.2 billion for congressional staffs and offices, and told Congress he will not approve the money for 1996 until the lawmakers make more progress in enacting a budget for the rest of the government.

"It would be inappropriate to provide full-year regular funding for Congress and its offices while funding for most other activities of government remains incomplete, unresolved and uncertain," Clinton said in his veto message.

"I don't think Congress should take care of its own business before it takes care…