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NPR's David Welna reports on House approval of President Bush's budget plan for next year. The measure is expected to face more resistance when it goes before the Senate. The House version follows the president's spending and tax cut recommendations very closely.

Jerome Vaughn from member station WDET in Detroit reports on a school management firm called Edison Schools. The company runs several schools in the Detroit area, but not everyone is a fan of its work.

Commentator Baxter Black jumps on horseback, ropes cattle and rides through a cactus jungle to see whether a jacket from a fancy clothing company cuts the cowboy's muster.

Host Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about the remaining obstacles to Senate passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. A vote on the measure could come late today or tomorrow. A compromise reached yesterday would raise the ceiling on 'hard money' contributions, while keeping the ban on 'soft money' donations in place. (4:46) For more NPR News coverage, check out Money, Power & Influence.

High School Senior Clayton Kennedy reads his college application essay about his battle with anorexia. This is the fourth part of Morning Edition's week-long series of college essays. Read the essays.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on the resurrection of the cloning debate in Congress. The controversy goes back to scientist Richard Seed's 1997 announcement that he planned to clone a human before federal regulations could ban the practice. Now, a Kentucky organization wants to offer cloning as an alternative to infertile couples.

NPR's Brenda Wilson reports from South Africa on the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Johannesburg. Representatives of 33 countries that belong to the movement signed a resolution condemning the pending lawsuit filed by major drug companies in an attempt to prevent South Africa from importing generic AIDS treatment drugs.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE reports from Atlanta on day four of the Comair pilots strike. Pilots for Delta Airlines, who also threaten to strike, are watching the Comair negotiations carefully. The Comair and Delta pilots share an issue: they insist that pay and benefits for pilots at regional air carriers should be comparable to those at major airlines.

NPR's Alex Chadwick explores the northern jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo with a Swiss biologist, in search of a mysterious, and perhaps entirely new species. This is the final piece in the Radio Expeditions series in Central Africa.

NPR's Peter Kenyon sums up the week's events in the historic Senate campaign-finance reform debate, and looks ahead to possible roadblocks in the House or in the courts.