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Published 1/16/2009 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker
(CNN) — Fiscal conservative Democrats in the House are already lobbying President-elect Obama to stop the practice of using emergency supplemental bills to pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to start including costs in annual budget.
(A letter from the congressional Blue Dog coalition sent to the president-elect yesterday after the jump)
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