Summary
WASHINGTON -- Nearly the entire federal government would be funded by an omnibus appropriations bill unveiled Monday after covert negotiations. In parliamentary maneuvering likely to extend all through this week, Democrats will pare the spending level to the maximum demanded by President George W. Bush in order to avoid a veto. Republicans will declare victory. In fact, they are in retreat.
As the minority party in Congress, the GOP will have had less than 24 hours to read the massive bill before it comes up for a House vote today. While coming close to the Bush limit, the bill will be passed over Republican opposition because it contains no Iraq war funding. It then will go the Senate on Wednesday, where Republicans will use their filibuster threat to insert money for Iraq. Overall spending will be reduced to the Bush standard in the Senate by means of an across-the-board cut. The bill then will be passed into law by the House.See the full content of this document
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Republicans in Retreat
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