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WASHINGTON -- Must-pass legislation that wraps up the bulk of the remaining congressional agenda besides health care easily cleared a key Senate hurdles early Friday morning.
Anchored by a $626 billion Pentagon funding bill, the measure also carries short-term extensions of unemployment benefits, highway and transit funding, key pieces of the anti-terror Patriot Act and prevents doctors from shouldering a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments.See the full content of this document
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Wrap-Up Bill Clears Senate Hurdle
The timing of the 63-33 post-midnight tally -- which blocked GOP stalling tactics and forced a final vote to clear ...
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