US House clears $427.6 billion for Pentagon
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The U.S. House of Representatives  overwhelmingly passed a &#36;427.6 billion Pentagon funding bill on  Tuesday after rejecting a bid by Democrats to force the Bush  administration to get court orders for its domestic  surveillance program.
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A bill to enact the 9/11 Commission recommendations -- the first bill passed by the new Democratic-led House of Representatives -- will cost $21 billion over five years if enacted into law, congressional budget officials said Friday.
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The US House of Representatives cleared the way on Tuesday for passage of a sweeping overhaul of US intelligence agencies after a long wrangle and mounting pressure from families of Sept.
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The US Air Force&#39;s chief acquisition official said on Thursday he had been cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation of his e-mails tied to a stalled $23.
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The Senate voted Tuesday to provide $70 billion for U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, handing a victory to President Bush and his GOP allies on Capitol Hill.
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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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The House passed a $37.4 billion budget bill for the Homeland Security Department on Friday, but minority Republicans rallied enough votes to uphold a promised veto by President Bush.
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The House passed a $646 billion defense bill Thursday that supports the Pentagon's ambitious weapons acquisition program but would place new restrictions on foreign-made technology the military could buy
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The House Monday approved a $516 billion measure funding 14 Cabinet agencies and funding for troops in Afghanistan, setting the stage for a year-end budget deal with the White House.
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The House last night approved a $515.7 billion domestic spending measure that shaves billions from spending levels desired by Democrats and uses emergency spending and other tactics to challenge President Bush on his budget demands.
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The Pentagon's top weapons buyer on  Thursday cleared Lockheed Martin Corp.'s LMT.N continued  development of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the biggest  warplane project ever and one valued at more than $245 billion,  the Defense Department said.
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Congress on Saturday approved a &#36;477 billion defense bill with a military pay raise and new money for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The US House of Representatives approves a major financial package to stimulate the US economy.
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President Bush's defense budget request of $481.4 billion -- an 11 percent boost over last year -- pushes U.S. defense spending to levels not seen since the Reagan-era buildup of the 1980s.
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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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Additional war spending this year will push the federal deficit to a record $427 billion for fiscal 2005, effectively thwarting President Bush's pledge to begin stanching the flow of government red ink, according to new administration budget forecasts unveiled Tuesday.
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The House of Representatives approved another $70 billion in war spending on Wednesday, capping a year of frustration for Democrats who took control of Congress on pledges to end the war in Iraq.