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Lame-duck Congress to face spending bills ; Lawmakers also must raise limit...
Newspaper article from: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) ...members of Congress return Tuesday for a lame-duck session amid...huge pile of spending bills stalemated...remaining spending bills for...the- board cuts of perhaps...settle now for spending ...
Lame-duck Congress's first task: avoid a government shutdown.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ...deadlines when a lame-duck Congress returns next...12 annual spending bills that...massive spending bill, often...barrel spending - a.k...activists and some new GOP lawmakers...all the tax ...
What can lame-duck Congress get done? Seven items on to-do list.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ...House and a lame-duck Congress are locked...taxation and spending, with funding...the annual spending bills for...single, vast spending bill that...January to cut spending...Bush tax ...
Lame-duck Congress to confront agenda of competing demands.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) ...start of the lame-duck session on...over federal spending without cutting...government spending and the soaring...about their plans to cut waste and reduce spending. You get...m going to cut ...
Delegation split over extending income tax cuts ; The divide between Reps....
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) ...awaits the lame-duck Congress, from spending bills to a...era tax cuts scheduled...got our work cut out for us...extending at least some tax cuts. But what...investment ...
Predictions for upcoming lame-duck session of Congress.
Newspaper article from: The Food & Fiber Letter ...Members of Congress return to...first of two lame duck sessions following...the face of some claims from...funded until some point in February...extend the cuts for some taxpayers...Current ...
LEE CALLS ON SPEAKER PELOSI TO LISTEN TO AMERICAN PEOPLE AND REJECT "LAME...
Newspaper article from: States News Service ...using a "lame duck" session...leaders in Congress and top advisors...the runaway spending in Washington...Democrats' Plans for a "Lame...on the tax cuts, leaving...well be that some members ...
[3] Congress, Clinton break off budget negotiations, plan for rare lame-duck...
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ...for a rare lame-duck session after...issue are tax cuts, immigration...approval of spending bills to...include his spending priorities...a stopgap spending bill to keep...spokesman. But some lawmakers...get ...
Lame-Duck Congress May Run Out the Clock; GOP Leaders Plan Quiet 1- Week Session
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...for what some fear will be the lamest of lame-duck sessions...government spending measures...the 109th Congress as political...mean this Congress will have...at recent Congresses. In ...
GOP Revels in Second Chance, Puts Priority on Tax, Spending Cuts.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ...began making plans Wednesday...year's tax cuts permanent...expensing and to cut the capital...No one can plan their estate...temporary tax plan." In an...Hastert said Congress needs to...Republican plans in ...

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