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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2003

House and Senate negotiations are meeting today to finalize work on the federal government's 2003 spending bill.

According to news accounts, the bill is nearly $10 billion above the $390 billion ceiling the White House said it would accept. The extra money, for military and war-related activities, was added at the behest of Vice President Dick Cheney.

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