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Rudolph W. Giuliani called an account of his spending a "political hit job" as his campaign struggled to explain the billing practices.
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A majority of House Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday in escalating a confrontation with President Bush over federal spending.
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President Bush's request increased the amount of the proposed spending by $46 billion over the amount already requested this year.
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Michigan began to shut down much of its government early Monday after lawmakers failed to resolve a $1.75 billion budget deficit.
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The planned increase would bring the Bush administration's 2008 financing request for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere to almost $200 billion.
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The Parks Department has largely ceded its role as a provider of free youth recreational services, changing the way many of the city's poorest children play.
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More than 40 states have found themselves with more money than they planned as they wound down their regular sessions.
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In its 2008 budget proposal, the White House allocated nothing — zero — for the Census Bureau to begin a program that is central to its strategy for the 2010 count.
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The Bush administration's new farm bill, one of the more sensible pieces of legislation to emerge from this administration in quite a while, faces its first big Congressional test this week.
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Political and fiscal constraints will make it hard for Democratic critics of the president's budget to assert their priorities.
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The link between cuts at Rutgers and failure at the Olympics.
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The earmark measure could prevent the kind of corruption that led to several big scandals in recent years.
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Money is running out for some local governments that use pension funds to help pay for retired workers' health care.
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The inability to spend the money set aside to rebuild damaged infrastructure raises serious questions for Iraq's government.