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The House Wednesday approved, 395-34 , the fiscal 2010 Defense spending bill package that includes a series of two-month extensions of unemployment insurance, COBRA health benefits and other programs, in an effort to wrap up remaining issues before likely adjourning for the year.

The US House of Representatives approved a $154 billion economic aid package and a $290bn increase in the legal limit on government borrowing this week as the chamber wrapped up its legislative business for 2009.

Congressional Democrats increasingly are concerned that their constituents are doing just that as the Senate health care plan's prospects for passage before Christmas look more uncertain and polls find that the legislation is becoming more unpopular.

The U.S. House approved a $154 billion economic-aid package and a $290 billion increase in the legal limit on government borrowing as the chamber wrapped up its legislative business for the year.

Democrats in the House Wednesday muscled through a year-end plan to create jobs, mixing about $50 billion for public works projects with another almost $50 billion for cash-strapped state and local governments.

The U.S. House is set to raise the limit on government borrowing by $290 billion as lawmakers race to wrap up their work for the year and leave for a holiday break.

Howard Dean is on the campaign trail. He wants to " kill the bill " and use budget reconciliation to revive the public option.

The $787 billion stimulus package enacted in February hasn't done what it should have for Coachella Valley, Rep.

The House approved the spending bill by a vote of 221 to 202 and sent it to the Senate, which must pass it by December 18 or extend a temporary measure to keep the government running.

CATCHALL 2010 BUDGET: Voting 221 for and 202 against, the House on Dec. 10 sent the Senate a $447 billion catchall spending bill for 2010 comprised of six appropriations bills that Congress has failed to enact individually.

By Ben Pershing The House will vote Thursday on a half-dozen spending bills grouped into one massive package, as the chamber races to complete its remaining work before adjourning for the year.

The House Thursday passed a huge spending measure combining major spending boosts for domestic agencies and foreign aid with more than 5,000 back-home projects sought by lawmakers.

The House on Thursday took a major step toward wrapping up the fiscal 2010 appropriations process when it approved, 221-202, a nearly $450 billion spending package that includes a 2.0 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees.

Rep. Jerry Lewis has released an analysis and critique of government stimulus spending.

The House Thursday passed a huge spending measure combining major spending boosts for domestic agencies and foreign aid with more than 5,000 back-home projects sought by lawmakers.

House and Senate negotiators Tuesday night signed off on a nearly $450 billion spending package composed of six fiscal 2010 appropriations bills, including the final version of the $67.9 billion Transportation-HUD bill, which will be the legislative vehicle.

Lawmakers agreed on Tuesday on a $447 billion spending bill that would fund large parts of the U.S. government for the fiscal year that began more than two months ago.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled his plan to counter the lingering unemployment crisis by injecting billions more federal dollars into the nation's sputtering economy.

She should. As a loyal acolyte of Jerry Lewis , the often-investigated-but-never-indicted former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Granger never saw a spending bill or an earmark she didn't like while the GOP ran Congress.

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. House Speaker Robert DeLeo recently issued a memo requiring all House of Representatives staff and aides to take five unpaid furlough days between Dec.