WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: The United States Senate passed the first of two appropriations bills, which funds six of the twelve areas of government through the end of the fiscal year. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, which passed the Senate 75-22 with the support of U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. Rounds was able to secure $149.5 million in funding for projects that   more