The House on Thursday voted 276-140 to approve a $152 billion fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (HR 3043), which includes increases in funding for HHS' Community-Based Abstinence Education Program and for the Title X family planning program, the AP/San Diego Union-Tribune reports (Taylor, AP/San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/19),weider x factor st. CBAE, which gives grants to groups that teach abstinence but not how to use contraception,trx equipment, would receive an allocation of $141 million for FY 2008 under the measure. The program's allocation in FY 2007 was $109 million, and President Bush requested a $137 million allocation for the program in FY 2008. Some Democrats hope the funding level for CBAE will garner support from Republicans on spending bills. The...