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Lawmakers rush to broker spending bill

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WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - Top lawmakers are aiming to forge a deal to keep the government operating beyond next week, even as Republican measures to restrict funding for abortions and the Obama administration 's health care act threaten to derail it. If Congress fails to iron out differences before December 16, lawmakers will be forced to pass another temporary spending measure or risk a government shutdown and the wrath of voters increasingly disenchanted with Washington. "We cannot allow the...Read Full Story

Obama's Earmarked Tax Cut Deal Creates GOP Revolt! Pay To Play

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Revolt: Republicans Angry About Omnibus Spending Bill Decry 'Total Mess' Republicans poring over a 1,924-page overarching spending bill proposed by Democrats to cover the rest of the fiscal year are threatening to grind the legislation to a halt, citing massive earmark spending , which, if passed, would be enacted into law without debate in the full Senate. Two sources who spoke to Fox News are describing the...Read Full Story

Army chief faults unfit recruits for injuries

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WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - U.S. Army recruits have had poorer diets and are less fit than past generations, making them more prone to injury from heavier loads lugged in combat, its top general told a Senate panel on Wednesday. "It's really the generation of Americans that have this problem," said Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey . "But it's exacerbated by the load we ask them to bear." He singled out poor eating habits plus carbonated drinks as a contributing factor to "musculoskeletal...Read Full Story

House bans some earmarks amid ethics concerns

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday to limit the ability of lawmakers to tuck pet projects into spending bills amid mounting election-year ethics concerns. Top Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee said the new rules prohibit lawmakers from steering money to for-profit companies through the earmarking process, as Democrats seek to tamp down concerns over ethical violations and wasteful spending. The decision will affect billions of...Read Full Story

Pentagon spending bill includes Inouye earmarks

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A new defense appropriations bill includes several targeted spending provisions championed by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye that will benefit companies whose officers have contributed to his re-election campaigns. The 2010 defense appropriations act signed into law Monday by President Barack Obama contains 34 earmarks sponsored or co-sponsored by the Hawaii Democrat worth almost $180 million. Among them are provisions to spend federal money on health care for Hawaii military families, to repair the...Read Full Story
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Egypt aid conditions prudent and necessary, Daniel Inouye says
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye weighed in Friday in support of newly enacted conditions on U.S. military aid to Egypt, saying the restrictions had already proven “prudent and necessary” and demand “firm evidence of progress ...  
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Inouye ID Theft Suspect Pleads Guilty
A Georgia woman has pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye.  
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As Inouye Extends Earmark Ban, Senate Votes Against Permanent Measure
Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) today reluctantly extended a moratorium on earmarks for another year, shortly before a vote on a permanent ban. That proposal, offered by Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.),  
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Hawaii County getting $1M to repair Kailua-Kona small boat harbor
WASHINGTON, D.C.,--- Hawaii County will receive $1,095,907 to repair tsunami damage at the Kailua-Kona Wharf Small Boat Harbor, Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Senator Daniel K. Akaka, U.S. Representative Mazie K. Hirono and U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa ...  
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Senator who Killed Nazi Soldiers Visits Peres
Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye, who fought German soldiers in WW II and later thought about converting to Judaism, led a three-Senator delegation to Israel Sunday, starting off with a meeting with President Shimon Peres. Sen. Inouye, chairman of the ...  
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