Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.2206 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007

Ringing Endorsement | KXNet.com North Dakota News

2007-10-05T20:00:00Z

(HR 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Clinton Voted Nay) Hillary's Latest Proposal Would Give $5000 To Each Of The 4 ...

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Hodes Unveils Small Business Tax Relief Plan

2007-09-24T20:00:00Z

HR 2206, which was signed into law by the President, includes new provisions for small business tax relief. Provisions will: -Stretch the dollars small ...

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Document Security Systems, Inc. and Boise Cascade Partner to ...

2007-09-19T20:00:00Z

On May 25th, 2007, legislation HR 2206 was signed, requiring that states not pay pharmacies for prescriptions submitted after October 1, 2007 that do not ...

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Petraeus Report is Irrelevant to Gauging Success in Iraq

2007-09-10T20:00:00Z

Iraq's government leaders established 18 benchmarks that were included in Congressional bill HR 2206, passed bu Congress and signed by the President in May ...

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Hillary's Hearing Hypocrisy

2007-09-10T20:00:00Z

... for the troops contained in the Iraq Emergency Spending Bill. (HR 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Clinton Voted Nay)

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Tamper-Proof Scrips

2007-09-10T20:00:00Z

... Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (HR 2206 [http://thomas.loc.gov]). The National Association of Chain ...

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'We aim to expose Bush plan to sneak this past the public'

2007-09-06T20:00:00Z

The Bush administration argued a May filing by the FMCSA in the Federal Register was sufficient to satisfy the HR 2206 requirements to post safety ...

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NETL research on hold

2007-08-15T20:00:00Z

... “inherently governmental” when Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd included a provision in the federal supplemental appropriations bill HR 2206. ...

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Farm: Blossom-end rot can be very damaging

2007-08-13T20:00:00Z

For example, the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007, HR 2206, includes small-business ...

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Blossom-end rot can be very damaging

2007-08-12T20:00:00Z

For example, the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007, HR 2206, includes small-business ...

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State and Federal Enterprise/Empowerment Zone tax breaks extended

2007-08-07T20:00:00Z

Prior to passage of the new legislation, part of HR 2206: US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, ...

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by Laurence M. Vance

2007-07-26T20:00:00Z

HR 2206 (PL 110-28), the "US Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007," provides another $100 ...

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First Phase of Federal Minimum Wage Law to go into Effect on July 24th

2007-07-19T20:00:00Z

... per hour to $7.25 per hour, President Bush signed the measure into law on May 25 as part of an emergency supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206). ...

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Pushing for Tax Credit Improvements

2007-07-01T20:00:00Z

The supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) passed by Congress and signed by President Bush resolves some concerns about the use of low-income housing ...

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Southern hospitality

2007-06-21T20:00:00Z

(HR 2206, CQ Vote #181, 5/24/07; HJ Res. 114, CQ Vote #237, 10/11/02) By voting against the 2001 and 2003 Republican-led tax cuts, you voted against tax ...

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Baucus, Grassley question recently enacted airline pension relief ...

2007-06-18T20:00:00Z

... US Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act (HR 2206; PL 110-28), signed into law on May 25, 2007. ...

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Additional Federal Assistance Made Available to States Impacted By ...

2007-06-14T20:00:00Z

The increased federal assistance was authorized on May 25, 2007, when the President signed HR 2206, "US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, ...

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Fort Knox gets federal funds for portion of BRAC transformation

2007-06-14T20:00:00Z

... of a new human resources complex at Fort Knox when President Bush signed a $120 billion supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) late last month. ...

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Fort Knox gets federal funds for portion of BRAC transformation

2007-06-14T20:00:00Z

... of a new human resources complex at Fort Knox when President Bush signed a $120 billion supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) late last month. ...

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Additional Federal Assistance Made Available to States Impacted By ...

2007-06-14T20:00:00Z

The increased federal assistance was authorized on May 25, 2007, when the President signed HR 2206, "US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, ...

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Fort Knox gets federal funds for portion of BRAC transformation

2007-06-14T20:00:00Z

... of a new human resources complex at Fort Knox when President Bush signed a $120 billion supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) late last month. ...

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Fort Knox gets federal funds for portion of BRAC transformation

2007-06-14T20:00:00Z

... of a new human resources complex at Fort Knox when President Bush signed a $120 billion supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) late last month. ...

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Additional Federal assistance made available to states impacted by ...

2007-06-14T20:00:00Z

The increased federal assistance was authorized on May 25, 2007, when the President signed HR 2206, ‘US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, ...

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Stalls bill passed by House that would block program permitting ...

2007-06-13T20:00:00Z

... of the Safe American Roads Act were wrapped into the provisions of HR 2206, the Iraq supplemental funding bill, signed May 25 by President Bush. ...

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Bureaucrats to buck Congress on Mexican trucks?

2007-06-07T20:00:00Z

In a similar vein, the Transportation Department is also considering brushing aside a provisions in the Iraq emergency funding legislation (HR 2206) signed ...

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Perlmutter stands ground on Iraq bill

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

HR 2206 was seen by some as a standoff between President George W. Bush and the new Democratic Congress. The latter yielded, but Perlmutter says he didn't; ...

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Perlmutter stands ground on Iraq bill

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

HR 2206 was seen by some as a standoff between President George W. Bush and the new Democratic Congress. The latter yielded, but Perlmutter says he didn't; ...

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American Health Care Association Thanks President, Congress For ...

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) thanked President Bush and Congress for passing into law the Iraq War Spending Supplemental (HR 2206) that in ...

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Higher expensing limit included in minimum wage

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

"We could have provided small businesses with meaningful tax relief," he said. The text of the legislation (HR 2206) is available at thomas.loc.gov.

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PPA technical corrections included in war funding bill signed by Bush

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

President Bush on May 25, 2007 signed the US Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act (HR 2206; ...

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Higher expensing limit included in minimum wage

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

"We could have provided small businesses with meaningful tax relief," he said. The text of the legislation (HR 2206) is available at thomas.loc.gov.

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Higher expensing limit included in minimum wage

2007-06-04T20:00:00Z

"We could have provided small businesses with meaningful tax relief," he said. The text of the legislation (HR 2206) is available at thomas.loc.gov.

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Minimum wage rate will increase in several states

2007-06-04T20:00:00Z

HR 2206 also provides for gradual step increases to bring minimum wage rates in both the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and in American Samoa ...

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ABC Blames Society for Lack of Children's Health Insurance

2007-06-03T20:00:00Z

HR 2206, a supplemental appropriation bill, included $650 million for the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Nina Owcharenko from the Heritage ...

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Democrats Missed it Badly on Iraq War Funding

2007-06-02T20:00:00Z

Yes, I know what many of congressional Democrats who voted 'Yea' on HR 2206 (or its Senate incarnations) would say. I'ma student of history too. ...

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In anticipation of Dem debate Sunday, the Republican National ...

2007-06-01T20:00:00Z

(HR 2206, CQ Vote #181: Passed 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Clinton Voted Nay). Clinton Will "Of Course" Support A Measure To Fund Troops. ...

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Column: Undercurrents: The Deepening Crisis of the Iraq War

2007-05-31T20:00:00Z

... saying that he would never sign a war-funding bill with such “timetables,” and Congress then passed a new war-funding measure (HR 2206, the “US Troop ...

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President Bush Signs Supplemental Military Appropriations Bill ...

2007-05-30T20:00:00Z

President Bush on Friday signed a $120 billion fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in Iraq that also ...

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Federal Tax Credit Program Extension Will Benefit First Advantage ...

2007-05-30T20:00:00Z

The bill, HR 2206, Sec. 8211, is part of the Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007 that was approved by Congress and signed by the President ...

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David Swanson: Congress Licks Bush's Shoes

2007-05-29T20:00:00Z

1:23 pm Here's the vote on the rule to have the debate and vote, H Res 438 providing for the consideration of the Senate amendment to HR 2206, ...

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BostonNOW Blog Roundup for May 30, 2007

2007-05-29T20:00:00Z

HR 2206 passed, 221-10, with 3 not voting and President Bush promptly signed it into law. But it was 219 Democrats who voted for the bill and 195 ...

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Setback on Chemical Security

2007-05-29T20:00:00Z

... was removed from the final version of the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act (HR 2206). ...

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President signs bill raising the federal minimum wage

2007-05-29T20:00:00Z

The US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (HR 2206), which provides $120 billion primarily ...

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'Majority of Majority' Rule Not in Pelosi’s Plan

2007-05-28T20:00:00Z

The agreement to provide $120 billion in funding for the Iraq War and other initiatives (HR 2206) advanced despite the opposition of 61 percent of House ...

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President Signs Iraqi War Supplemental With Increased Port Funds

2007-05-28T20:00:00Z

The new bill (HR 2206) drops the timeline for withdrawal of US troops that the President insisted be done. It does include benchmarks for the Iraqi ...

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President Bush Signs Supplemental Military Appropriations Bill ...

2007-05-28T20:00:00Z

President Bush on Friday signed a $120 billion fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in Iraq that also ...

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House, Senate Approve $120B Supplemental Appropriations Bill With ...

2007-05-28T20:00:00Z

The House and Senate on Thursday approved a $120 billion fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in Iraq that ...

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Mitt Romney: Governor Mitt Romney On The Iraq War Funding Vote

2007-05-28T20:00:00Z

(HR 2206, CQ Vote # 181: Motion Agreed To 80-14: R 42-3; D 37-10; I 1-1, 5/24/07, Clinton And Obama Voted Nay). - The Associated Press: "Courting the ...

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Statement of Governor Perdue Regarding Federal PeachCare Funds

2007-05-28T20:00:00Z

Governor Sonny Perdue issued the following statement following President George W. Bush’s signing of HR 2206, a federal funding bill that includes money for ...

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AICPA seeks S corp allowances

2007-05-28T20:00:00Z

HR 2206 does not contain this provision and we ask that it be restored to the package.” The AICPA also said it “supports a complete elimination of the ...

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Statement of Georgia Governor Perdue Regarding Federal PeachCare Funds

2007-05-28T20:00:00Z

May 25, 2007 -- ATLANTA - Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue issued the following statement following President George W. Bush’s signing of HR 2206, ...

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The Democrats on Iraq Withdrawal: Two Steps Back

2007-05-27T20:00:00Z

... jeopardized their fall bargaining position if they had insisted on keeping withdrawal timelines in the current supplemental spending bill (HR 2206). ...

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House Likely To Pass $120B Supplemental Appropriations Bill With ...

2007-05-27T20:00:00Z

The House and Senate on Thursday likely will approve a $120 billion fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in ...

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How Texans voted in DC

2007-05-26T20:00:00Z

The bill (HR 2206) imposes 18 political, security and economic benchmarks on which the Iraqi government must show progress if it is to avoid cuts in US ...

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Democrats Vote FOR & Republicans Vote AGAINST War Funding

2007-05-25T20:00:00Z

HR 2206 passed, 221-10, with 3 not voting and President Bush promptly signed it into law. But it was 219 Democrats who voted for the bill and 195 ...

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DeFazio explains vote against war spending

2007-05-25T20:00:00Z

... operating in Iraq and are fighting back,” DeFazio said. Once the Senate approves the final version of HR 2206, the president is expected to sign it.

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HR 2206 - Emergency Appropriations

2007-05-25T20:00:00Z

On 25 May 2007, President Bush signed HR 2206, "emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other ...

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Tide closes in on Deepwater

2007-05-24T20:00:00Z

The new bill, HR 2206, allocates extra funds for airport security and grants to mass transit and rail systems and shipping ports for emergency preparedness, ...

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House Subcommittee Approves FY 2008 Military Construction-VA ...

2007-05-24T20:00:00Z

... Democratic congressional leaders on Tuesday neared an agreement with the Bush administration on a FY 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for ...

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Iraq Supplemental: Congress puts Deepwater under its thumb

2007-05-24T20:00:00Z

The new bill, HR 2206, allocates extra funds for airport security and for grants to mass transit and rail systems and shipping ports for emergency ...

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Capitol Hill Watch | House, Senate Approve $120B Supplemental ...

2007-05-24T20:00:00Z

The House and Senate on Thursday approved a $120 billion fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in Iraq that ...

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Neugebauer Hails Final Passage of Funding for Troops, Drought Relief

2007-05-24T20:00:00Z

Under this legislation, HR 2206, producers would be able to choose to be compensated for either 2005 or 2006 crop losses (but not both) as long as they ...

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House Passes Iraq Funding Bill, $3 Billion Agriculture Disaster Aid

2007-05-24T20:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Adrian Smith (R-NE) today voted to pass HR 2206, a $120 billion emergency supplemental spending bill, which provides $3 ...

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Democrats Vow to Fight Another Day on Iraq

2007-05-24T20:00:00Z

Still, even though the bill (HR 2206) does not do nearly as much to curb the war as they would like, Democrats made modest inroads by including benchmarks ...

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House approves one-year extension of timber payments

2007-05-23T20:00:00Z

The bill is HR 2206. Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov. Associated Press Writer Erica Werner contributed to this story.

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Capitol Hill Watch | House Likely To Pass $120B Supplemental ...

2007-05-23T20:00:00Z

The House and Senate on Thursday likely will approve a $120 billion fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in ...

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Democrats Set Stage for Next War Debate

2007-05-23T20:00:00Z

... jeopardized their fall bargaining position if they had insisted on keeping withdrawal timelines in the current supplemental spending bill (HR 2206). ...

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Democrats Call Minimum Wage Hike a Silver Lining in War Spending Bill

2007-05-23T20:00:00Z

... wage over two years — to $7.25 an hour, from $5.15 — is part of an amendment expected to be considered on the Iraq spending bill (HR 2206) on Thursday. ...

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Congressional Leaders, White House Fail To Reach Agreement On ...

2007-05-22T20:00:00Z

Congressional leaders and White House officials on Friday failed to reach an agreement on a fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for ...

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House GOP Support Needed to Pass Iraq Funding Bill

2007-05-22T20:00:00Z

The House plans to vote tomorrow on a pair of amendments to a shell bill (HR 2206) that previously passed both chambers in differing form. ...

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House Subcommittee Approves FY 2008 Military Construction-VA ...

2007-05-22T20:00:00Z

... Democratic congressional leaders on Tuesday neared an agreement with the Bush administration on a FY 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for ...

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Congress Approves FY 2008 Budget Resolution With Additional $50B ...

2007-05-21T20:00:00Z

In other budget news, the Senate on Thursday voted 94-1 to approve a "placeholder" supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in ...

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House To Take Up Revised Iraq War Funding Bill Thursday

2007-05-21T20:00:00Z

One option being considered would be to forgo a House-Senate conference and take up a supplemental bill (HR 2206) that passed the House May 10 and was ...

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Congressional Leaders, White House Fail To Reach Agreement on ...

2007-05-20T20:00:00Z

Congressional leaders and White House officials on Friday failed to reach an agreement on a fiscal year 2007 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for ...

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The Week Ahead: The Week of May 21

2007-05-20T20:00:00Z

(HR 2206.) A possibility also exists that fuel price-gouging legislation will come up, a bit of populist, anti-market posturing that does no one any good. ...

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Congress' fast pace too much for reps

2007-05-20T20:00:00Z

... Congressman Rogers was unavoidably detained on the House floor during a vote on final passage of HR 2206, legislation to fund the ongoing war in Iraq," ...

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Area Votes in Congress

2007-05-19T20:00:00Z

A yes vote was to pass the bill (HR 2206). Voting yes: Robert E. Andrews (D., NJ), Tim Holden (D., Pa.), Patrick Murphy (D., Pa.), Allyson Schwartz (D., Pa. ...

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ThyssenKrupp selects Alabama for new plant

2007-05-17T20:00:00Z

The first, HR 2206, contains all of the Iraq-related funding but also retains $16 billion in non-related non-emergency spending. The second, HR 2207, ...

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Capitol Hill Watch | Congress Approves FY 2008 Budget Resolution ...

2007-05-17T20:00:00Z

In other budget news, the Senate on Thursday voted 94-1 to approve a "placeholder" supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in ...

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The Week Ahead: Senate to Debate Immigration, House Tackles ...

2007-05-17T20:00:00Z

After work on the immigration measure, the Senate will likely turn to a conference report on a supplemental spending bill (HR 2206) to fund military ...

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House Appropriators Set to Begin Work on Annual Spending Bills ...

2007-05-17T20:00:00Z

Because of prolonged work on the war supplemental (HR 2206) and the delay in completing the fiscal 2008 budget resolution, action on the annual ...

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Senate Appoints Conferees After Passing Placeholder Iraq Spending Bill

2007-05-17T20:00:00Z

In a sign that it is serious about reaching an agreement on the bill (HR 2206), the Senate wasted no time Thursday in appointing its conferees. ...

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Wording may save airstrip at station

2007-05-15T20:00:00Z

Introduced to the House of Representatives May 8 and passed late May 10, HR 2206, the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovered and Iraq ...

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House Approves New Version Of Supplemental Spending Bill

2007-05-14T20:00:00Z

The House on Thursday voted 221-205 to approve a supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that includes ...

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Final Action on War Funding May Slide Into June

2007-05-14T20:00:00Z

The House last week passed one bill (HR 2206) that would provide $42.8 billion for the Pentagon immediately and require a second vote in July to release an ...

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House to Vote on Mexican Trucks’ Limited and Controlled Access to ...

2007-05-14T20:00:00Z

The House on May 10 passed an emergency war spending bill (HR 2206) that included weaker restrictions for Mexican truckers than those endorsed by the ...

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House Passes Second Version of War Supplemental

2007-05-13T20:00:00Z

The bill, HR 2206, was developed by House Democratic leaders and was approved by a 221-105 vote. The first version contained a fixed withdrawal timetable ...

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Steel mill news great for region

2007-05-13T20:00:00Z

The first, HR 2206, contains all of the Iraq-related funding but also retains $16 billion in non-related non-emergency spending. The second, HR 2207, ...

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White House Threatens Veto Of New Supplemental Appropriations Bill

2007-05-13T20:00:00Z

White House spokesperson Tony Snow on Wednesday said that President Bush would veto a supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in ...

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Rahall Again Casts Vote In Favor of Legislation Providing for ...

2007-05-10T20:00:00Z

The bill, HR 2206, would provide $42.8 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and another $52.8 billion at the end of July, providing that solid ...

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Bush said defying the public on Iraq

2007-05-10T20:00:00Z

Y., chairwoman of the Rules Committee of the US House, made the comments Thursday in defense of two Democratic supplemental appropriations bills, HR 2206 ...

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House Approves New Version of Supplemental Spending Bill

2007-05-10T20:00:00Z

The House on Thursday voted 221-205 to approve a supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that includes ...

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Bush on Iraq Bill: Managerially Unacceptable

2007-05-10T20:00:00Z

In addition to being ideologically opposed to such deadlines, President Bush objected to the House measure (HR 2206) on management grounds. ...

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Smith 'Distressed' by Proposed Pull-out

2007-05-10T20:00:00Z

Later tonight the House is expected to vote on HR 2206, a proposal providing $30 billion for combat operations in Iraq through July, but requiring a second ...

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White House Threatens Veto of New Supplemental Appropriations Bill

2007-05-09T20:00:00Z

White House spokesperson Tony Snow on Wednesday said that President Bush would veto a supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) for military operations in ...

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House Moves Toward New Votes on Iraq War

2007-05-09T20:00:00Z

The House, meanwhile, was expected to pass its second fiscal 2007 supplemental war funding bill (HR 2206) tonight. The bill would provide $42.8 billion ...

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White House Threatens to Veto New Iraq War Funding Bill

2007-05-08T20:00:00Z

The bill (HR 2206) would provide $42.8 billion in fiscal 2007 war funding upon enactment, but it would require another vote in late July to release the ...

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