Frist balks at rushing funding bill for Bush

OC Register ^ | 12/6/03 | Alan Fram - AP

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WASHINGTON

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The reluctance by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., to bring the Senate back for a vote before late January partly reflected worries that so few senators would return from their recess that the package would be defeated, said an aide to Senate GOP leaders, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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Had ya going for a second, huh? ;-)

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Is it possible that we can get rid of the agencies during the recess?

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Frist balks at rushing funding bill for Bush

which carries big increases for battling the AIDS epidemic in Africa and for other high- profile White House initiatives

C'mon now Fritzy Baby, Santa Dubya promised the African dictators $15b of our hard earned money would be under the tree in the Swiss accounts by Christmas morning.