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Senate Set To Approve Huge 2013 Spending Bill

Associated Press — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:58:40 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate appears set to approve a huge, bipartisan spending bill to keep the government running through September and ruling out the chance of a government shutdown later this month

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Obama Seeks To Leverage $1-Trillion Spending Bill

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:23:09 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate are using a critical year-end spending bill as political leverage to try to force Republicans to negotiate bipartisan legislation to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits due to expire at the end of the year

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House-Senate Negotiators Unveil Spending Bill

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:59:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a bundle of spending measures for the ongoing budget year, blending cuts to NASA and community development programs while averting cuts to nutrition programs

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Senate Passes $182B Spending Bill

Associated Press — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:40:42 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved must-do legislation to fund the day-to-day budgets of five Cabinet agencies, kick-starting long overdue work to add the details to budget limits agreed to by President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans this summer

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House To Vote On Short-Term Spending Bill

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:39:45 +0000

WASHINGTON — A limited number of House members are expected today to approve by unanimous consent a short-term spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday.

That'll buy time until the entire House gets back next week from a one-week break

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