US Lawmakers Agree on $388 Bln Spending Bill
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US 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 signed a bill Monday giving the Department of Homeland Security about &#36;33 billion for the budget year that began Oct. 1.
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Pre-dawn final action of the 109th Congress: ?   Broad tax-and-trade bill including a five-year extension of 20 tax breaks at a cost of $38 billion.
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WASHINGTON - Congress overwhelmingly approved $146 billion in middle-class and business tax cuts Thursday night, handing President Bush a big victory 40 days before the election.
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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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A $388 billion government-wide spending bill, passed by Congress on Saturday, was stranded on Capitol Hill Monday.
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The House of Representatives on  Saturday passed a $32 billion bill funding homeland security  programs this year after days of political fighting over the  measure.
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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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The US government on Monday signed agreements to provide Indonesia with 468 million dollars to develop its creaking health, education and environment sectors.
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The US Senate has unanimously passed a resolution highlighting 30 years of engagement between Washington and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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Congress came to a final agreement Saturday night on a massive $388 billion measure funding 13 federal departments for fiscal 2005, but not without some last-minute problems for
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Congressional negotiators reached agreement yesterday on a spending package that provides a 3.5 percent raise for federal civilian employees, more than double that sought by President Bush.
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The House of Representatives on Saturday passed a &#36;32 billion bill funding homeland security programs this year after days of political fighting over the measure.
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Washington -- The White House and lawmakers are getting close to agreement on a $388 billion spending measure that could be ready for votes Friday.
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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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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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The US Senate late Tuesday passed a half-trillion dollar budget bill for 2008 that includes 70 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, dealing a major victory to President George W. Bush.