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Dem's budget: $1.1 trillion; 1,900 pages $575 million Page
Democrats' budget bill: $1.1 trillion; 1,900 pages
The budget bill cuts more than $26 billion from President Barack Obama's 2011 requests. | AP Photo Close
By DAVID ROGERS | 12/14/10 4:03 PM EST
Updated: 12/14/10 9:50 PM EST
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Defying the political odds, Senate Democrats rolled out a year-end, governmentwide spending bill Tuesday that cuts more than $26 billion from President Barack Obama’s 2011 requests even as it holds firm to thousands of the appropriations earmarks so adamantly opposed by critics of Congress.
Filling more than 1,900 pages, the $1.1 trillion measure represents an increase of less than 2 percent in annual spending but makes for an easy target of ridicule — a last stand by the Senate’s old bulls before the tea party takeover. In a scene reminiscent of the movie “Casablanca,â€Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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