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On the recordApril 4, 2016
Taken together, the transmitted amendments would decrease by $21 million the overall discretionary budget authority in the FY 2017 Budget.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year 2017

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