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House Votes to Increase Weather Satellite Funding
2013-03-07 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would ease a budget shortfall that threatens to delay a key weather satellite program. Lawmakers voted 267-151 to pass a spending bill that would keep the federal government operating after the current stopgap funding legislation expires on March 27. Although the bill would keep funding flat at the 2012 level for most federal agencies and departments, it makes an exception for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's...
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