Customs budget passes despite labor objections

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Customs budget passes despite labor objections

The House has passed legislation giving the Customs Service's drug-fighting efforts a big budget boost, despite controversy over provisions that would give the Treasury secretary the power to transfer 5 percent of Customs officers every year and allow the Customs commissioner to unilaterally abrogate a collective bargaining agreement if a dispute can't be settled in 90 days and adversely affects drug interdiction efforts.

Full story from the Associated Press.