In other news from Washington, the Democratic-led Senate has approved a $555 billion omnibus spending bill that includes another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Tuesday, senators voted 71 to 24 against an amendment from Democratic Senator Russ Feingold to link the war funding to a time line for withdrawing troops. None of the Democratic senators running for president returned to Washington for the vote. The vote comes just days after the Senate authorized another $189 billion in war funding. That vote was 90 to 3. The spending bill has also come under criticism for a series of earmarks, including more than $22 billion in subsidies to the nuclear industry.