Salmon Aid Intact in War-Funding Bill
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By David Whitney, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 24--WASHINGTON -- Congress will soon send President Bush a funding bill for the Iraq war that also will deliver $60.4 million in disaster assistance that desperate West Coast salmon fishermen have been seeking for nearly a year.
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The Senate last night approved a $555 billion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, shortly after bowing to President Bush's demand for $70 billion in unrestricted funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Bush administration will not remove federal dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers to protect 11 endangered species of salmon and steelhead, even as a last resort.
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WASHINGTON  -The U.S. Congress on Saturday sent the White House legislation that updates laws designed to prevent overfishing in U.S. waters.
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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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WASHINGTON - The Senate late Sunday resolved a dispute delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security, clearing the way for senators to adjourn Monday to hit the campaign trail.    The agreement removed parliamentary roadblocks thrown up by Sen...
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The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved a final $422 billion bill for defense programs that backs next year&#39;s round of military base closings and kills
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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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WASHINGTON - Ending weeks of stalemate, lawmakers got ready Saturday to send nearly $15 billion to states battered by hurricanes and drought as Congress plowed through a pre-election pile of bills that cut taxes and overhaul intelligence agencies.    House-Senate bargainers met one final time to put the finishing touches on the natural disaster assistance and attach it to a $10 billion military construction measure...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9  /PRNewswire/ -- I applaud Congress for working in a bipartisan manner to pass a stronger Magnuson-Stevens Act.  Our Nation is committed to maintaining our thriving commercial and recreational fishing communities.
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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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NISQUALLY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Wash. - A 15-year plan would restore salt marshes and mudflats for migrating salmon at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, more than 100 years after the farmland was drained and diked.
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The House is expected to approve a measure Thursday that fully funds the president's $96 billion request but does not set a deadline for troop withdrawal.
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Japanâs ruling party was expected to push into law a bill to revive a naval mission to support U.S.-led forces.
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By CAROLINE INNES  THE River Mersey is now a thriving eco-system capable of holding reasonable numbers of salmon for the first time in living memory, it has been revealed.
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In a March 6 story about Senate action on a homeland security bill, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an amendment to guarantee each state a bigger share of $3 billion in homeland security grants survived a challenge in the Senate. The amendment failed.
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WASHINGTON -- Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed a war funding bill with billions of dollars for homeland security, healthcare, farms, New Orleans levees, home heating, and other causes.