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Senate Approves Omnibus Spending Bill

HeadlineJan 23, 2004

The Senate voted 65 to 28 to approve a $328 billion omnibus spending bill after Democrats abandoned a fight to take out several controversial provisions regarding overtime, the nation’s media laws and gun records. One provision would allow the Bush administration to rewrite the nation’s overtime laws that could strip up to 8 million workers of overtime pay. Another part of the bill would require federal officials to destroy records on gun purchases within 24 hours of the purchase. The current law requires the records be kept for 90 days. A third provision would relax media ownership laws to allow major networks to own more tv stations.

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