Lawmakers Agree on $388 Bln Spending Bill
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U.S. lawmakers struck a deal late on  Friday on a $388 billion package of government funding for the  current fiscal year after days of battling over foreign aid,  nuclear waste, milk subsidies and overtime.
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President Bush sent Congress on  Monday an $82 billion package to fund military operations in  Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total bill for both conflicts  to nearly $300 billion and the budget deficit to a record high.
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A spending bill for this past year included $20 million "for commemoration of success" in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confers with Paul Grove, right, a staffer for the Subcommittee for Foreign Operations, during a meeting on the end of the year spending bill on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Nov.
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Lawmakers have given their final seal of approval to a $170 billion plan intended to spark the slowing economy.
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The House passed a $120 billion war-spending bill Thursday that had been the primary point of contention between Democrats and President Bush. The bill does not include a deadline for U.S. troops to pull out of Iraq as Democrats originally demanded but does have political benchmarks that the Iraqi government should meet to keep reconstruction aid flowing. It also includes a raft of domestic spending measures, including a federal minimum wage hike.
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Missing the deadline by about seven weeks, the US House of Representatives passed a 388-billion-dollar budget that contains massive military aid programs for Pakistan and Afghanistan, both key US allies in the war on terror.
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From an Alaska land swap to tours of a Georgia barrier island, business interests bested environmentalists in battles that shaped Congress' &#36;388 billion spending bill.
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Ending a six-week impasse, the Senate yesterday approved a $286 billion farm bill that would authorize significant new spending for farm programs, food stamps and conservation but would make only modest changes in the nation's traditional agricultural subsidy system.
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Congress on Saturday approved a $477 billion defense bill with a military pay raise and new money for Iraq and Afghanistan. Underscoring the bill&#39;s lack of controversy, the House approved
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A $388 billion spending bill, passed by Congress on Saturday, was stranded on Capitol Hill yesterday as embarrassed Republicans prepared to repeal
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The House voted to provide money to keep the U.S. government functioning after the federal fiscal year ends this Sunday.
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The White House has approved a fiscal 2008 budget request of $468.9 billion for the Pentagon, $4.7 billion more than expected last year, according to a memorandum obtained by Reuters.
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Congress sent President Bush a &#36;388 billion legislative package Tuesday that covers the spending of every federal agency but the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
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The House, in a bipartisan 344-51 vote, approved a $388 billion spending bill funding much of the federal government. The figure is 2 percent less than the same programs got last year.
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House-Senate negotiators Thursday approved a new $70 billion infusion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as they wrapped up talks on a $447 billion Pentagon funding bill.
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Lawmakers Saturday approved a $447 billion 2005 defense spending bill as Congress pushed forward with final actions before adjourning for the elections.