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[Bill Mullins]

This sense not in OED.  "Minibus" -- as a smaller type of "omnibus".




2000 Cincinnati Enquirer 27 Oct 6/3


The “mini-bus” package, a compilation of several health bills introduced this session, passed the Senate by unanimous consent Thursday.

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2007 [Jasper IN] Herald 1 Nov 20/4

The Democratic congressional leadership should not now cynically used them to shoulder a bloated ‘minibus’ funding bill up Pennsylvania Avenue and wrest billions in excessive spending.

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2009 Boston Globe 12 Jun A15/1

The Obama administration’s macroeconomic polices to “stimulate” the economy have been unprecedented and visible, costing Americans in the trillions, including $787 billion for the “stimulus”, a $410 billion “omnibus” spending package (on top of last September’s $800 billion “minibus” spending), and another $600 billion or more for the financial bailout, over and above all the automatic federal entitlement pending.

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2017 [Phoenix] Arizona Republic 6 Oct 6/4

House Republicans have passed a “minibus” spending bill that included $1.6 billion for construction of new barriers at the border.

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