Budget bill versions inconsistency ruling [US DC]

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Budget bill versions inconsistency ruling [US DC]

August 12, 2006 06:39:00 pm

Public Citizen v. Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge John D. Bates, August 11, 2006 [dismissing a lawsuit arguing that a $39 billion deficit-reduction bill passed by Congress was unconstitutional because the House version and Senate version actually signed by the President were slightly different]. Read the full text of the memorandum opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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