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Add-ons to war spending bill hold up negotiations
April 9, 2003 House appropriators Wednesday postponed their tentatively scheduled conference committee on the fiscal 2003 wartime supplemental, as they continued to lock horns with their Senate counterparts over what they complain is extra spending and pork-barrel projects in the Senate bill. Appropriations sources in both chambers were hopeful Wednesday they could still ...
Debt limit increase unlikely; Treasury to tap TSP funds again
April 4, 2003 Although Senate leaders are still hoping to consider a debt limit increase by the end of next week, it appears likely there will be no resolution on the issue for several months unless both parties and both chambers can end a game of political chicken and craft a deal. In ...
House, Senate pass war supplemental spending bill
April 4, 2003 The House and Senate Thursday night approved separate versions of a fiscal 2003 war supplemental spending bill that with amendments totaled almost $80 billion. Senators voted 93-0 to approve their version of the supplemental. The House vote was 414-12. During Senate floor debate Thursday, the chamber added $105 million to ...
House spending panel takes up war supplemental
April 1, 2003 The House Appropriations Committee Tuesday began consideration of a $74.7 billion fiscal 2003 war supplemental that would provide money for the war in Iraq as well as homeland security upgrades and international assistance. The bill closely tracks President Bush's request in overall dollar terms, although the panel chose to grant ...
Lawmakers ready to 'fast track' supplemental spending bill
March 31, 2003 With the military campaign in Iraq into its second week, House and Senate appropriators are putting the fiscal 2003 wartime supplemental appropriations bill on a fast track. Anticipating numerous amendments from Democrats on homeland security and perhaps other issues, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., intends to take the supplemental ...
Rumsfeld, Ridge defend supplemental request, flexibility
March 27, 2003 Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Thursday reiterated the need for Congress to give the administration broad leeway in the $74.7 billion fiscal 2003 wartime supplemental appropriations bill it has requested. At the same hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge tried to assure senators that his department was working with states and ...
Bush demands quick action on war supplemental
March 25, 2003 President Bush Tuesday called on Congress to move "quickly and responsibly" in considering the fiscal 2003 war supplemental over the next few weeks. "The supplemental should not be viewed as an opportunity to add spending that is unrelated, unwise and unnecessary," said Bush, outlining his request during remarks at the ...
White House, lawmakers discuss supplemental request
March 24, 2003 Congressional leaders and appropriators headed to the White House Monday afternoon for a meeting with President Bush and White House staff about the contents of the administration's imminent fiscal 2003 supplemental spending request to pay for the military campaign in Iraq. White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer would not say ...
As Hill awaits Iraq supplemental, Dems push homeland spending
March 19, 2003 Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said Tuesday that he expects the administration to submit a fiscal 2003 supplemental spending bill to cover the cost of a war with Iraq either later this week or early next week. Democrats, meanwhile, demanded that whatever supplemental the White House puts forward ...
With Iraq war looming, Hill leaders head to White House
March 17, 2003 House and Senate Republican leaders are moving ahead with plans to consider their respective fiscal 2004 budget resolutions on the floor this week, despite what looks to be an imminent U.S.-led attack on Iraq. But aides said both measures could be delayed or postponed when fighting begins. A bipartisan group ...
