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GOP bill pairs budget cuts, regulatory rollbacks

The Columbian
Published: February 18, 2011, 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House is using a catchall spending bill not just to cut President Barack Obama’s budget but to assault his health care overhaul, global warming policy and efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.

The House worked deep into Saturday morning toward a final, winning vote after vote attacking Obama’s agenda.

The measure faced a veto threat and implacable opposition from majority Democrats in the Senate even before the GOP amendments adopted Thursday, Friday and early Saturday morning pushed the bill further and further to the right on health care and environmental policy.

Obama, the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican House must hash out scores of differences before the measure can become law, which will require a stopgap spending bill when current funding runs out March 4.

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