WASHINGTON - The Senate yesterday voted to the foreign aid budget agreeing to impose sanctions on Burma if political repression increased and approving more aid to help North Korea end its nuclear programme.
The Senate passed the $12.2 billion foreign aid budget on a vote of 97-3, less than the $12.4 billion spent last year and $700 million below President Clinton's request. The aid budget has fallen by 50 per cent since 1984.
