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• GOP proposes smaller, $24B Sandy aid package

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday proposed a $24 billion emergency aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims, less than half of what Democrats hope to pass by Christmas. The …

• Leahy sworn in as president pro tempore of Senate

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont was sworn in Tuesday as president pro tempore of the Senate. As the longest serving Democrat now in the Senate, Leahy …

• Pentagon begins planning for massive budget cuts

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department has begun planning for the roughly $500 billion in personnel and program cuts over a decade that will be needed if Congress and the …

• Fiscal cliff offers hint at more defense cuts

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans’ “fiscal cliff” counteroffer to President Barack Obama hints at billions of dollars in military cuts on top of the nearly $500 billion that the White … 1

• Cuomo says he’s ‘optimistic’ on Sandy aid

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged Monday from meetings with top Obama administration officials and congressional leaders “optimistic” that Congress will act quickly to provides tens of …

• Unproductive Congress skips town until November

  September 22, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The most partisan, least productive Congress in memory has skipped out of Washington so lawmakers can make their case for voters to re-elect them. The Senate closed …

• Congress exits Washington to hit campaign trail

  September 22, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The most partisan, least productive Congress in memory has skipped out of Washington for the campaign trail. The Senate shuttered the Capitol soon after sending President Barak …

• Congress exits Washington to hit campaign trail

  September 21, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The most partisan, least productive Congress in memory has skipped out of Washington for the campaign trail. The Senate shuttered the Capitol soon after sending President Barak …

• Shutdown averted but ‘fiscal cliff’ awaits

  September 14, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is moving to quash the threat of a government shutdown, but the prospect of a one-two punch of tax increases and slashing, automatic spending cuts will …

• House passes 6-month spending bill

  September 13, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Thursday to put the government on autopilot for six months, precluding a shutdown through the election and postponing a potential showdown on GOP vice …

• New HQ planned for Fairchild

  June 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 Fairchild Air Force Base will get a new $13.6 million headquarters building under a military construction spending plan moving through the U.S. Senate. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said the building … 2

• House Yields To Clinton In Two Spending Bills Concerns Over Abortion, Private Education For Poor Were Stumbling Blocks, But Recess Spurs Budget Pact

  November 13, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Rushing to complete work and to adjourn for the year, the House of Representatives yielded to the Clinton administration early today in passing 1998 fiscal year spending bills for foreign …

• Disaster Bill Faces Clinton Veto Congress Finally Oks Relief Funds, But Gop Add-Ons Doom Legislation

  June 6, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Despite a veto promise by President Clinton, the Republican-controlled Congress passed an $8.6 billion emergency disaster relief bill Thursday which provides money for flood victims in California and the Middle …