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House approves defense bill with 'culture war' amendments
The U.S. House of Representatives approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), advancing nearly $900 billion in military spending while igniting partisan disputes over ...
Tucson Weekly
House Approves Border Security Funding, in 13th ‘Piecemeal’ Budget Bill
WASHINGTON – The House voted Thursday to fund Department of Homeland Security operations for fiscal 2014, the latest in a string of votes to reopen specific agencies in a strategy that Democrats ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
House approves funding bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON — House Republicans signed off legislation funding the federal government through November, potentially avoiding a shutdown at the end of this month. The bill keeps most agencies funded at ...
The Washington Post
Senate passes $925 billion defense bill, setting up House talks
The Senate on Thursday night approved its $925 billion version of the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual must-pass Pentagon policy blueprint, setting up what is expected to be a lengthy ...
NPR
House approves stopgap spending bill but health care fight threatens a shutdown
The House voted 217 to 212 on Friday to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government though Nov. 21. But the government appeared to inch closer to a shutdown after Democrats in the Senate ...