ANTI-NARCOTICS BILL'S DELAY ANGERS CLINTON

President Clinton charged Tuesday that Congress was undermining efforts to
cut the supply line of cocaine from Colombia to the United States by holding
up passage of emergency funds, as the White House and GOP lawmakers resumed
their bitter fight over spending.

As Congress returned to work after an 11-day recess, the biting rhetoric was
the latest sign of the developing impasse over the budget: A major package
of Colombian aid and funding for troops in Kosovo is already hung up, and
lawmakers warned of delays for other must-pass spending bills for the coming
year.