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Re:Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut by kmfrk on Thursday March 31, 2011 @07:10PM (#2394161)
The House basically controls funding, but I'd be interested to see who specifically voted in favour of cutting the programmes.
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Re:Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut by protomyth on Thursday March 31, 2011 @07:38PM (#2394257)
to back kmfrk the US Constitution says in Article 1 Section 7 that "All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives". This has grown a little in meaning: http://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_q125.html
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