Lawmakers Still Working as Holidays Near

Lawmakers Still Working as Holidays Near
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
December 17, 2005
2 hours, 7 minutes ago (presumably around 4am?? saturday)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051217/ap_on_go_co/congres...

WASHINGTON - Congress is facing a weekend and more of work as it seeks pre-holiday agreements on the Patriot Act, military spending and the largest of the government's domestic appropriations bills.

The House and Senate planned to work through Saturday, and possibly Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, to try to wrap up their work before ending the legislative year.

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Also (reference to patriot act) stalled are the Republicans' $40 billion-plus, five-year spending cut plan, the $453 billion defense budget and a $602 billion appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Education and Health and Human Services.

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Adding uncertainty to the defense bill is a bid by Sen. Ted Stevens (news, bio, voting record), R-Alaska, to attach a plan for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. That legislation already blends Pentagon funding and money for the war in Iraq with hurricane relief aid and a scaled-down plan to fight bird flu.

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these snips i took are re: legislation still in progress this weekend.

frist claims he will reopen vote on pat act BEFORE recess.

some other legislation passed already (immigration!). must read the rest.


peace

and then things not funded.

flu? vote for ANWR drilling.

one said how maybe Katrina survivors would support ANWR drilling once relief is tied to ANWR drilling....

sick!!


peace!