Omnibus Spending Bill

Dems See Big Wins In Disinfected Government Spending Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.19.2011

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UPDATE - House Republicans are threatening to reject the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance extension deal approved by the Senate, according t...

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Congress Pushes State Department Over Misused American Tear Gas In Spending Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The 2012 omnibus spending bill released Thursday morning includes tough new language about the way American tear gas has been used again...

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Congressional Earmark Addicts Find New Ways To Get Their Fix

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the election season -- actually, during what seems like every election season, along with whatever "seasons" occur in the intervening periods b...

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Weekly Pulse: Egg Salad Surprise! Congress Votes to Clean Up Food Supply

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger It's a Christmas-week miracle! The Senate, in a vote that astonished everyone, brought the Food Safe...

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Congress Poised to Call Novice Teachers "Highly Qualified" and Allow Concentration in Poor, Minority Schools

John Affeldt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Buried deep in the nearly 2,000 page Senate omnibus appropriations bill that Harry Reid pulled Thursday night was an amendment slipped in on Tuesday t...

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WATCH: Howard Fineman Tells Keith Olbermann 'The Tea Party Won This Round'

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Fineman appeared on Keith Olbermann Thursday to discuss the GOP's newfound opposition to the "omnibus" spending bill, which contains millions o...

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Tea Time: New Era Of Leadership Begins With Blocked Spending Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The new, more Republican Congress won't arrive in town until next month, but the Tea Party Era unofficially began on the Hill Thursday n...

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John McCain To Tea Party: 'Grab Your Pitchforks'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pulled out the rebellious rhetoric Thursday morning, telling Tea Partyers to "grab your pitchforks" against the bipartisan ...

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John Cornyn Up In Arms Over All The Earmarks Not Requested By John Cornyn

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been two long years of the GOP obstructing bills and complaining about spending, and then watching the same obstructionists and complainers turning around to take credit for the money that got spent.

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72 Hours for Defense Appropriations Bill

Jake Brewer | Posted 05.25.2011

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While debt limit and health care reform provisions are at least being discussed in the media, it is the laws we can't see, that have never been debated in the open, that are the most dangerous threat.

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The Budget's Foreign Policy Handcuffs

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Americans are losing their jobs due to a lack of public funding, the Democrats' appropriation bill pours billions of dollars into sophisticated weapons for both Israel and neighboring Arab states.

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Congress Takes the Pledge -- But First a Little Binge

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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And now, ladies and gentlemen, direct from Capitol Hill for your after-dinner entertainment -- won't you give it up, please, for: Your Congressional Chorus!

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Enough Hand-Wringing Over Cuba

Jake Colvin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The changes to Cuba policy in the omnibus bill are small but important. Congress has shown a willingness to ease provisions of the embargo and forge a path forward for future changes.

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CTA Circle Line Project Gets $8M Earmark In Omnibus Spending Bill

Chicago Public Radio | Ammad Omar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chicago Transit Authority's long-discussed Circle Line is getting a boost from Congress. The project received a $8 million earmark - sponsored by ...

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Pssst, They're Stealing from You. Again.

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite our president's pledge to ban all earmarks, the Omnibus spending bill is loaded with ridiculous, wasteful projects that have absolutely nothing to do with keeping the federal government operating.

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Obama Signs "Imperfect" Spending Bill In Private

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, sounding weary of criticism over federal earmarks, defended Congress' pet projects Wednesday as he signed a...

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Obama Issues Signing Statement On Spending Package

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, sounding weary of criticism over federal earmarks, defended Congress' pet projects Wednesday as he signed a...

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Media Focus On Earmarks Allows Omnibus Opponents To Control Debate

Media Matters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Numerous media outlets have devoted significant coverage to the earmarks contained in the pending omnibus appropriations bill, even though, according ...

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Omnibus Spending Bill: Highlights Of What It Contains

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Highlights of the $410 billion omnibus spending bill funding 12 Cabinet departments and lesser agency budgets for 2009: ____...

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Congress Approves Massive Domestic Spending Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Congress on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a once-bipartisan bill to fund the domestic Cabinet agencies that evolved instead i...

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Vitter Slams 'Bloated' Omnibus While Benefiting From $249 Million In Earmarks

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans like Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-AZ), have been attacking the $410 billion omnibus spending bill, claiming that it has too ...

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Senate Dems Say They Have Omnibus Votes

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democratic leaders are confident they have enough votes to move a $410 billion omnibus spending bill through the Senate Tuesday after picking u...

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Senate Dems May Punish Bayh, Feingold For Omnibus Opposition

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democrats are debating whether Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) should be punished for opposing a $410 billion omnibus. Som...

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Pelosi, Senate Dems In "Ugly" Swearing Match Over Omnibus

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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After an angry, swearing late night meeting among top Democrats, Congress voted Friday to give itself another five days to try to complete a long-over...

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Boehner Rush Limbaugh Op-Ed: It's A Dem Conspiracy

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Minority Leader John Boehner has responded to the ongoing deification of radio host Rush Limbaugh in a Washington Post op-ed Thursday. Boehner ...

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