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	Omnibus spending bill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An omnibus spending bill is a bill that sets the budget of many departments of the United States government at once.
		Generally, one bill is passed for each sub-committee of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.
		Often times, omnibus spending bills are criticized for being full of pork (unnecessary/wasteful spending that pleases constituents).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omnibus_spending_bill (276 words)

	Omnibus spending bill -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Generally, one bill is passed for each sub-committee of the (additional info and facts about U.S. House Committee on Appropriations) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.
		When Congress does not or cannot produce separate bills in a timely fashion (by the beginning of the (Any accounting period of 12 months) fiscal year on October 1), it will roll many of the separate appropriations bills into one omnibus spending bill.
		Oftentimes, omnibus spending bills are criticized for being full of pork (unnecessary/wasteful spending that pleases ((grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction) constituents).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/om/omnibus_spending_bill.htm (204 words)

	Omnibus spending bill wins House approval - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The House passed the massive omnibus spending bill yesterday to fund about half of the U.S. government for fiscal year 2004, including a school voucher program for the District of Columbia.
		The bill goes back to the Senate for final approval, but if it becomes law, it will mark a 3 percent increase in discretionary spending from 2003 to 2004, the lowest increase in the nine years Republicans have held the majority in the House.
		Once signed into law, the omnibus bill will bring total discretionary spending for 2004 to $875 billion, including the $87.5 billion supplemental bill passed last month to fund the global war on terror and rebuild Iraq.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20031208-103042-5387r.htm (573 words)

	Learn more about School choice in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The method considered more "sweeping" is to grant parents the option of spending voucherss or tax credits at private (or possibly religious) schools.
		There is also a concern that some of this public funding would go to religious schools and that this might conflict with the separation of church and state.
		The plan will be included in the omnibus spending bill and sent to President Bush.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sc/school_choice.html (664 words)

	ICT [2004/12/10] Omnibus spending bill is better than expected for tribes
		The omnibus spending bill, so called because it includes nine separate appropriations bills, will fund 13 government departments, their agencies and commissions, as well as miscellaneous other matters in a catch-all category, for fiscal year 2005, which began Oct. 1.
		The bill will still be subject to mandatory cuts of less than 1 percent across all departments, but these ''rescissions'' as they are known will be applied at the discretion of the departments.
		The bill passed in November but had to be reconsidered after the usual Thanksgiving recess because it came to include, more or less by accident, a provision that would have given congressional staff access to the tax returns of individuals.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096409992 (1077 words)

	3000-page omnibus giving up its secrets=TheHill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nearly a week after passing the largest omnibus spending bill in15 years, lawmakers are slowly beginning to discover what they voted while scrambling to finish work on the 3,000-page bill before the Presidents’ Day recess.
		What is becoming clear to those examining the massive spending bill, which weighs over 30 pounds, is that it may contain more earmarks than any other set of domestic spending bills passed in previous years.
		Citizens Against Government Waste, a government watchdog that tracks federal spending, said that a preliminary review of the omnibus bill said that it may turn out to be the “porkiest” piece of legislation ever, surpassing the record amount of $20.1 billion in pork barrel spending the group identified last year.
	www.hillnews.com /news/021903/omnibus.aspx (521 words)

	OMB Watch - The Omnibus Spending Bill and the Budget Process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The real reason we should care about this omnibus spending bill is because it represents a serious breakdown in the budget process for 2004.
		But failure to pass the omnibus bill would be a loss for activities that were slated for increases, such as more funding for AIDS and veterans.
		If the omnibus bill is passed, several policy changes would go into effect; for instance, the Labor Department’s overtime provision supported by the administration increased restrictions on travel to Cuba, delay in country of origin labeling of meat, changes in government procurement rules, and the media ownership rules mentioned above.
	www.ombwatch.org /article/articleview/1964/1/200 (856 words)

	Alliance for America :: View topic - Omnibus Spending Bill Headed Toward Pass In House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Combined with six regular spending bills that have already become law, plus the $87.5 billion package for Iraq and Afghanistan approved last month, the measure would bring total spending that Congress controls for this year to $875 billion.
		In addition, the bill triggers the expenditure of $447 billion for Medicare and other automatically paid benefits for which no congressional decision-making is required.
		The congressional spending spree of the past few years is well-documented, and this year promises to be no different.
	www.allianceforamerica.org /bb/viewtopic.php?p=1425 (1815 words)

	Omnibus spending bill awaits passage by Senate, Bush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nearly $34 million is earmarked for Tulare County projects in the Federal Omnibus Appropriations Act that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Monday.
		The omnibus spending bill, a catch-all for important spending matters not so far addressed this year by Congress, must still pass the Senate and be signed into law by President George W. Bush.
		U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, commended the passing of the spending bill by the House.
	www.nunes.house.gov /press/2003/newsclips/dec/121203OmnibusPR.htm (399 words)

	CNN.com - Frist: Tax-returns measure indefensible - Nov 21, 2004
		Saturday, rushing to adjourn for the year, the House passed the $338 billion omnibus spending bill, which was necessary to keep government operations funded after Congress ran out of time to pass nine regular appropriations bills.
		After the House passed the spending bill, Democratic Senate staffers discovered that it contained a provision allowing the chairmen of the House and Senate appropriations committees, or their agents, to examine the tax returns of any American.
		The Senate leader also noted that passing appropriations together into one omnibus bill was "not unusual," and that the appropriations subcommittees have been working on it for nine months.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/21/tax.provision (822 words)

	Taxpayers For Common Sense: Statement from Steve Ellis on the passage of the Omnibus spending bill
		The Omnibus spending bill they just passed included thousands of frivolous, bizarre and special interest earmarks for every congressional district in the nation.
		The bill represents a campaign kickoff for the 2004 election year.
		TCS is dedicated to cutting wasteful spending and subsidies in order to achieve a responsible and efficient government that lives within its means.
	www.taxpayer.net /TCS/PressReleases/2003/12-08omnibusstatement.htm (565 words)

	The Body: Senate Democrats Block Omnibus Spending Bill, Including Funding for Global AIDS Initiative
		The House last month approved the spending bill, which combines seven of the 13 annual fiscal year 2004 spending bills.
		If the bill continues to be blocked, the "only option" would be to adopt a continuing resolution extending the FY 2003 funding levels through the remainder of the current fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30, according to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), the Washington Times reports (Washington Times, 1/21).
		President Bush on Tuesday called on Congress to pass the spending bill, saying, "Today, a minority in the Senate denied a vote on a spending bill that is four months overdue, and that fulfills important commitments," including "commitments...
	www.thebody.com /kaiser/2004/jan21_04/senate_omnibus.html (627 words)

	Flashpoint: Fate of Omnibus Spending Bill Unclear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Senator Byrd has complained in particular about Senator Frist’s plan to pass the bill without a roll call vote, stating that the bill is too important for the Senate to pass without debate or on-the-record votes.
		Many Democrats and moderate Republicans are still angry at the Administration over changes to the bill that were made at the Administration’s request during conference committee negotiations, and that were never considered when the individual bills passed the House and Senate.
		These issues include the elimination of provisions to overturn regulatory and Administration actions regarding overtime rules, the outsourcing of federal work to the private sector, and the inclusion of so-called “pork barrel” projects that were included to gain the support of individual members of Congress.
	www.imakenews.com /flashpoint/e_article000208945.cfm (342 words)

	Omnibus Spending Bill Hikes Discretionary Spending by 9 Percent in 2004
		Omnibus Spending Bill Hikes Discretionary Spending by 9 Percent in 2004
		The Heritage Foundation projects that the omnibus appropriations bill (HR 2673) that is currently in the Senate will set the stage for discretionary spending to increase by 9 percent in 2004, rather than the 3 percent figure commonly cited by Members of Congress.
		The 2004 omnibus spending bill includes thousands of pork projects, ranging from the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, to construction of a single traffic light in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Budget/wm385.cfm (897 words)

	USATODAY.com - Budget bill has $15.8B in extras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Supporters of a $388 billion spending bill passed by Congress over the weekend call it a lean measure that restrains domestic spending.
		The $388 billion spending bill that cleared Congress on Saturday and will head to President Bush for his signature has 11,772 earmarked special projects totaling $15.8 billion, according to the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense.
		While it is common for spending bills to earmark funds for special projects in the home states and districts of influential members of Congress, the size of the $388 billion catchall measure and the speed of passage made scrutiny difficult.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2004-11-21-budget-bill-extras_x.htm (896 words)

	Clinton signs omnibus spending bill - October 21, 1998
		Although the bill includes something for everyone as lawmakers head home to campaign for re-election, some conservative Republicans are upset the measure did not include a broad-based tax cut, and at least one Democratic critic has called the bill a "colossal monstrosity."
		While many lawmakers complained that the spending package was too complicated, other legislators defended the measure as a worthwhile compromise.
		The 40-pound bill will finance dozens of agencies and includes billions of dollars for financially ailing farmers and the Pentagon, $1.2 billion to begin hiring more school teachers, $18 billion for the International Monetary Fund, tax breaks for some businesses and families, and provisions aimed at boosting anti-drug law enforcement efforts.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/10/21/budget (820 words)

	FY97 Foreign Operations Spending Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The FY97 foreign operations appropriations bill was included in an omnibus spending measure passed by the House on September 28.
		The House bill requires family planning groups to promise not to use funds to perform abortions abroad or to lobby against foreign anti-abortion laws.
		The House bill's $11.9 billion in funding is $458 million less than the current fiscal year and $1 billion less than the president requested.
	www.ombwatch.org /budget/1996/for-ops.html (681 words)

	Reason: De Omnibus Disputandum: Who was the last person to know all the ingredients in the pork?
		He was referring to a provision lurking on page 1,112 of the 3,200 page, $388 billion omnibus appropriations bill passed this weekend, which would have empowered appropriations committee chairmen or their "agents" to examine Americans' tax returns.
		This appropriations bill is actually a relatively lean one, a fact that seems in equal part heartening and, when one considers how low a bar that assessment supposes, depressing.
		Still, since the Heritage Foundation has compiled a handy list of some representative inane spending in the bill, you may want to take a moment to scan the projects and amounts.
	www.reason.com /links/links112304.shtml (764 words)

	www.GovExec.com - Senate leaders urge colleagues to pass omnibus spending bill (1/15/04)
		Facing the distinct possibility the fiscal 2004 omnibus appropriations bill will go down to defeat next week, Senate GOP leaders and Appropriations Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, have ratcheted up pressure on wavering senators to support the $820 billion measure.
		In a letter to senators last week containing lists of projects in their states, Stevens urged the bill be passed, citing "critical needs" for fiscal 2004 that a long-term continuing resolution--which House GOP leaders have threatened if the omnibus is defeated--would not address.
		Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, also may oppose the bill over fisheries language inserted by Stevens, and Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., also is threatening a "no" vote due to removal of language overturning the Cuba travel ban and a provision delaying by two years country-of-origin labeling for meat and produce.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0105/011504cdpm1.htm (573 words)

	USIS Washington File: SOME TRADE PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL
		Washington -- A number of trade provisions made their way into the massive omnibus spending bill negotiated by congressional and Clinton administration leaders, but none of the administration's major trade initiatives did, congressional staff members say.
		The omnibus bill includes about $500,000 million in spending, covering eight of the 13 appropriations bills Congress was supposed to pass before the current fiscal year began October 1.
		The bill also includes nearly $18,000 million for a quota contribution to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a number of provisions called "emergency" spending, which give them exception to ordinary budget spending limit rules.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /hyper/WF981016/epf505.htm (656 words)

	www.GovExec.com - Omnibus spending bill quickly draws add-ons (11/7/03)
		They argued it would subject the almost-complete Energy and Water spending bill to the congressional "Rule 28," which allows points of order against inclusion of provisions that did not pass in either chamber as part of either underlying bill.
		Another controversial candidate for the omnibus is legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration - a measure that has been deadlocked for months over the issue of air traffic control privatization.
		Both House and Senate bills originally contained provisions blocking or partially blocking a Bush administration initiative that could lead to outsourcing some air traffic control employees, but were deleted at the request of the White House.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/1103/110703cdam2.htm (642 words)

	Dems' stance on omnibus spending bill hardens despite threats by GOP=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		“Without approval of the omnibus in the Senate, the alternative is stark: a full-year continuing resolution for the outstanding appropriations bills,” he wrote.
		“There are two options — the fiscally responsible omnibus that has already passed the House or a bare-bones continuing resolution through the end of the year that spends at last year’s levels,” said DeLay in a statement.
		Democratic opposition to the omnibus bill could have been fueled by President Bush’s Friday recess appointment of District Judge Charles Pickering of Mississippi to a the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
	www.thehill.com /news/012004/omnibus.aspx (890 words)

	NAEH: 2005 Omnibus Spending Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The funding level in the bill locks in that new, smaller number of families served.
		HUD is now instructed to notify each agency of its budget within 45 days of the bill's enactment.
		Agency budgets will be determined by multiplying the average number of vouchers in use in May-July 2004 by the average cost of vouchers in the same period, adjusted by the regional 2005 Annual Adjustment Factor (AAF).
	www.endhomelessness.org /advocacy/Omnibus05.html (233 words)

	Bush signs 2003 omnibus spending bill
		Mar 6, 2003 12:00 PM As expected, President Bush signed the FY 2003 omnibus appropriations bill into law, but not before he took a swipe at Congress for including $3.1 billion in “un-requested agricultural aid” in the $397.4 billion measure.
		Throughout the months of debate on the agricultural disaster assistance portions of the bill, the administration insisted that funding be taken out of the farm programs in the 2002 farm bill.
		In a statement released following the signing, the president said that while he believed Congress generally held the line on spending in keeping with his requests, the funding authorization for the fiscal year that began last Oct. 1 was about $11 billion more than he had sought.
	southwestfarmpress.com /mag/farming_bush_signs_omnibus/index.html (233 words)

	The Body: White House Pressing Republican Lawmakers To Vote on Omnibus Spending Bill, Including $2.4B for Global AIDS ...
		The Bush administration is "actively" pressing Senate Republicans to vote on the $820 billion omnibus spending bill that includes seven of the 13 annual spending bills for fiscal year 2004 and $2.4 billion in funding for President Bush's global AIDS initiative, the Wall Street Journal reports (Rogers, Wall Street Journal, 12/5).
		Although the House is expected to take up the spending bill on Monday, it is unclear whether the Senate will return from Thanksgiving recess to vote on the measure, according to the Journal.
		Republican leaders have said that failing to approve the AIDS funds included in the spending bill could become a "huge embarrassment, with thousands dying of AIDS in Africa while lawmakers indulge in what critics say is a spectacle of pork-barrel, power politics," according to the Journal (Wall Street Journal, 12/5).
	www.thebody.com /kaiser/2003/dec5_03/aids_funding.html (552 words)

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