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The House Appropriations Committee approved a (B) $5,720,000,000 general spending bill this afternoon that could finance state government for two years WITHOUT new taxes. Representative W.S. Heatly said he expects Sto bring it up for house floor action Monday. The measure was written as a substitute for an approrpriations bill passed by the Senate. Passage of the House version would set up a conference committee to write the final money package in what's expected to be a series of a rough-and-tumble sessions.