Senate approves &#36;470B defense bill
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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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Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is shown in Washington in this Nov. 11, 2003, file photo. Known as one of the Senate&#39;s more moderate Democrats, Landrieu undertook a fiery defense Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, of military
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, backed by leaders of the Sept. 11 commission, announced legislation Tuesday that would enact
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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 69-17 roll call by which the Senate voted Monday to approve a &#36;136 billion corporate tax bill.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a landmark bill to restructure the nation&#39;s intelligence community, completing Congressional action intended to
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The Senate on Tuesday approved sweeping legislation to keep the government operating through September 2008 and handed President George W. Bush a victory by including additional Iraq war funds without conditions for ending the combat.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday, following the lead of the House of Representatives, approved $100 billion in new funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan without a timetable for withdrawing combat troops.
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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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WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved a final $422 billion bill for defence programmes that backs next yearâs round of military base closures and kills a proposed $23.
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The 68-29 vote Tuesday by which the Senate passed new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails.
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The 206-201 roll call Monday by which the House passed an amendment to the budget bill adding $31 billion for troops in Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected Democratic efforts to boost anti-terrorism spending for big cities Tuesday and approved legislation financing the Homeland Security Department next year.    The price tag of the measure grew to about $36 billion as senators bowed to pressure from farm-state lawmakers and added $3 billion to help growers and livestock producers - mostly in the Midwest - suffering from drought...
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The Senate on Friday approved a $286 billion farm bill with an election-year expansion of subsidies for growers and food stamps for the poor.
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There's hundreds of billions of dollars in the defense spending bill to take the fight to the terrorists and to defend America.
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The House today overwhelmingly approved a $146 billion shot in the arm for the nation's ailing economy, sending a stimulus package to the Senate with a bipartisan appeal to senators not to slow the bill with significant changes.
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he Senate voted Tuesday to provide $70 billion for U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan