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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 03 > DeFazio pushes Bush on timber fees

DeFazio pushes Bush on timber fees

Letter to president asks him to reconsider domestic spending veto threat

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
May 3, 2008

WASHINGTON — County timber payments won’t be joined to a war funding bill unless President Bush lifts his threat to veto any bill that contains new domestic spending. In an effort to break that deadlock, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, sent a letter to the White House....

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