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Congress to vote on spending bills
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, July 9, 2003 | By James G. Lakely

Posted on 07/08/2003 10:55:20 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Congress plans a flurry of votes this week for key spending bills that will be a test of the Republican leadership's ability to keep to its legislative schedule and restrain spending.

That effort became more difficult, however, when a $1.9 billion supplemental-spending request from the White House to cover disaster relief was delivered Tuesday morning. Supplemental bills traditionally balloon as legislators attach pet projects.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jamesglakely; spending
Tuesday, July 9, 2003

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