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Flood-Control Deal for Sacramento, Calif., on Way to White House.

By David Whitney, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 20--WASHINGTON -- A groundbreaking flood-control deal for Sacramento was on its way to the White House on Wednesday for President Bush's expected signature after the House and Senate easily approved the 2004 spending bill to which it was attached.

The deal, reached earlier this year between Rep. John Doolittle, R-Rocklin, and Sacramento Democratic Rep. Robert Matsui, authorizes work that will lead to long-sought protection for Sacramento from American River flooding.

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