Congress OKs &#36;388 Billion Spending Bill
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Republicans whisked a &#36;388 billion spending bill through Congress on Saturday, a mammoth measure that underscores the dominance of deficit politics by curbing dollars for everything from education to environmental cleanups.
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NASA would get &#36;16.4 billion next year under a bill a Senate committee approved Tuesday, reversing a decision by House lawmakers to cut the space agency's budget below this year's levels.
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A $388 billion government-wide spending bill, passed by Congress on Saturday, was stranded on Capitol Hill yesterday, its trip to the White House on hold as embarrassed Republicans
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The House on Thursday passed a spending bill that covers the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and related agencies, for the budget year beginning Oct. 1. The measure contains $152 billion for social programs including special education, community health centers, Head Start and health research. The legislation faces a veto from President Bush, who complains that Democratic add-ons have made it too expensive:
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The US Senate gave final congressional approval yesterday to $14.5 billion in aid for states hit by hurricanes and drought and $32 billion for homeland
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The Senate on Wednesday passed a $464 billion spending bill that closes out last year's unfinished budget business while providing clues about how the new Democratic Congress and President Bush will do business.
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President Bush signed legislation Monday that gives the Department of Homeland Security about &#36;33 billion to shore up the nation's borders, inspect incoming cargo, protect potential terror targets and train first responders.
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President Bush was poised to officially ask Congress Monday for an estimated &#36;82 billion to cover the costs of continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and a myriad of other internationally related expenses, including training Iraqi security forces and aiding victims of the tsunami.
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Congress yesterday approved a $447 billion defense bill with a military pay raise and new money for Iraq and Afghanistan. Underscoring the bill&#39;s
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The Senate agreed to spend an additional $63 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as lawmakers on Thursday passed a massive bill that funds the Pentagon.
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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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The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a $556 billion bill to fund most of the federal government through September 2008, ending a year-long budget fight with President George W. Bush by also including new money for the Iraq war.
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Spending by presidential and congressional candidates and the national party committees that support them already tops &#36;1 billion for the 2004 election cycle, with more than two months of campaigning to go.
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The Senate neared approval of an &#36;800 billion increase in the nation's debt limit on Wednesday, a major boost in federal borrowing that Sen. John Kerry and other Democrats blamed on the fiscal policies of President Bush.
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The U.S. budget deficit will reach  $368 billion this year before any war costs are added in, the  Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday, according to a  source familiar with the worse-than-expected numbers.
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The US House easily approved a $388 billion catch all 2005 appropriations bill Saturday as a clandestine tax provision threatened to derail the measure.
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President Bush on Friday signed into law a measure authorizing an &#36;800 billion increase in the credit limit of the United States, the White House said.