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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 28 > Massive spending bill - sans drilling ban - is sent to Bush’s desk

Massive spending bill - sans drilling ban - is sent to Bush’s desk

By Paul Kane / The Bulletin
September 28, 2008

WASHINGTON — Dealing a final setback to a decades-old ban on offshore drilling, the Senate on Friday overwhelmingly approved a huge spending bill to fund the federal government into next spring, and provide more than $30 billion for disaster relief and other domestic programs, without....

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