| 21. | And the appropriation for the Environmental Protection Agency would be slashed.
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| 22. | When the appropriation was passed, five Republicans voted against it.
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| 23. | But he said it would undoubtedly require a special congressional appropriation.
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| 24. | That request is pending in the Senate and House Appropriations committees.
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| 25. | But the House GOP just whacked that appropriation by 40 percent.
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| 26. | That language was left in the bill by the Appropriations Committee.
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| 27. | A Democratic staffer on the Senate Appropriations Committee was more pessimistic.
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| 28. | Senate approval of the full appropriations bill was expected Thursday night.
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| 29. | DeConcini also chaired the Senate appropriations subcommittee overseeing Customs'budget.
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| 30. | New appropriations remain stalled in the state Legislature, he said.
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