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Appropriations Package Approved By House, Senate To Consider Next
The House on Thursday "took a major step toward wrapping up the FY10 appropriations process when it approved, 221-202, a nearly $450 billion spending package that includes six of the seven annual appropriations bills Congress has yet to enact," CongressDaily reports. The package includes the $48.7 billion State and Foreign Operations bill. "All Republicans, as well as 28 Democrats, opposed the bill," according to CongressDaily (Sanchez, 12/10).
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