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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2003

A dispute over drought relief and environmental exemptions for forest land in Alaska has stalled work on the 2003 omnibus appropriations bill.

The $395 billion package is needed to fund the federal agencies for the current fiscal year. A joint House-Senate conference committee is hammering out the bill.

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Drought Relief, Tongass Stall Spending Bill (The Washington Post 2/12)
Tongass rider defended (The Anchorage Daily News 2/12)
Negotiators dump Missouri River issue from spending bill (AP 2/12)
Conferees in Congress Bar Using a Pentagon Project on Americans (The New York Times 2/12)
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