The Knesset Finance Committee has voted retroactive approval of an additional IL 800,000 for the President’s personal and household budget for the current fiscal year that ends March 31. The close 6-5 vote officially led to the original IL 1.3 million budget an amount which President Ephraim Katzir had been accused of overspending. A new Presidential budget for fiscal 1974-75 will be taken up by the Knesset after its Passover recess. The vote followed a prolonged debate that was sparked by charges in the press last month that Katzir was spending more than any of his predecessors for the functions and trappings of his office. The additional expenditures were approved by the six coalition members of the committee.
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