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Omnibus Spending Bill

The Budget's Foreign Policy Handcuffs

Stephen Zunes | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Budget, Foreign Policy, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi Spending, Omnibus Spending Bill, Israel, Egypt, Colombia, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, World News
Stephen Zunes

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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Enough Hand-Wringing Over Cuba

Jake Colvin | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Appropriations, Omnibus Spending Bill, Congress, Omnibus, Cuba, US-Cuba Relations, Cuban Embargo, Foreign Policy, World News
Jake Colvin

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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Congress Takes the Pledge -- But First a Little Binge

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Budget Discipline, Dave Obey, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Steve Ellis, Omnibus Spending Bill, Congress, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Earmarks, Nancy Pelosi, Budget Reform, Spending Reform, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Harry Reid, Congressional Spending, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

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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Obama Issues Signing Statement On Spending Package

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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

Chicago Public Radio | Ammad Omar | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, CTA Earmarks, CTA Circle Line, Durbin Omnibus Earmarks, Dick Durbin, Omnibus Spending Bill, Omnibus Earmarks, Chicago News

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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Obama Signs "Imperfect" Spending Bill In Private

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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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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Pssst, They're Stealing from You. Again.

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pork Barrel Spending, Omnibus, Earmarks, Stimulus Earmarks, Pork-Barrel-Spending, Stimulus Package, Stimulus-Package-Earmarks, Spending Bill Earmarks, Omnibus Spending Bill, Pork, Spending-Bill-Earmarks, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

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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Congress Approves Massive Domestic Spending Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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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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Omnibus Spending Bill: Highlights Of What It Contains

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: $410 Billion, Omnibus Bill, Omnibus Spending Bill, Spending Bill, $410 Billion Spending Bill, Bill, Politics News

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

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Media Focus On Earmarks Allows Omnibus Opponents To Control Debate

Media Matters | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meet the Press, John McCain, Earmarks, David Gregory, Appropriations, Omnibus Spending Bill, Pork Barrel Spending, Pork, Omnibus Earmarks, Politics News

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

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Senate Dems Say They Have Omnibus Votes

The Hill | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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

Think Progress | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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

Politico | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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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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Senate Dems May Punish Bayh, Feingold For Omnibus Opposition

The Hill | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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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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Senate Puts Off Vote On Huge Spending Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP Wants Changes, $410 Billion Bill, Omnibus Spending Bill, Senate Puts Off Vote, Trains, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, demanding the right to try to change a huge spending bill, forced Democrats on Thursday night to put off a fina...

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

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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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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Vitter Champions Family Values In Omnibus Debate

Talking Points Memo | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Omnibus Spending Bill, Family Planning, Omnibus, Planned Parenthood, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Politics News

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), whose career became mired in the D.C. Madam prostitution scandal back in 2007, and is now headed into his 2010 re-election c...

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Ryan Grim

Red States Gobble Up Omnibus Earmarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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If it's budget time, it's good to be a red state. And it's very good to be Mississippi. According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Co...

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Sam Stein

The GOP's Next Anti-Pork Rallying Cry: Blueberries!

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

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The next anti-pork rallying cry for the GOP is coming in the form of small, purple fruit. On Friday, Minority Leader John Boehner attacked the omnib...

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GOP's Risky New Gambit: A "Spending Freeze"

Washington Independent | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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Between to Monday's Fiscal Responsibility Summit and Tuesday's presidential address to Congress, the White House's economic message shifted to new ter...

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Help Us Dig Through The Omnibus Spending Bill

Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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The full text of the omnibus spending bill has been posted online. Click here to access the 10 separate federal divisions' bills, summaries and stat...

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