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12Dec/110

$1T-plus spending bill taking shape in Congress (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011 file photo, House Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Major government belt-tightening is in the works as Congress shapes the sprawling $1 trillion-plus spending bill funding 10 Cabinet departments. Ending one expensive war and winding down another, the Pentagon gets just a 1 percent increase, while the Environmental Protection Agency's budget is whacked 3.5 percent. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Weary after a year of partisan bickering, lawmakers tried Monday to wrap up a sprawling $1 trillion-plus spending bill that chips away at military and environmental spending but denies conservatives many of the policy changes they wanted on social issues, government regulations and health care.

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