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December 17, 2013 By AMK

Breaking News: Final passage of federal budget now virtually guaranteed

Dec. 13, 2013 – 10:31 am EST – The Senate voted Tuesday to advance a bipartisan two-year budget deal – a move that puts Capitol Hill one step closer to a thaw in the fiscal wars that have paralyzed Washington.

The chamber agreed 67-33 to cut off debate on the budget agreement reached by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) last week. Final passage is virtually guaranteed now and a vote is slated for no later than Wednesday.

“This deal is a compromise. It doesn’t tackle every one of the challenges we face as a nation, but that was never our goal,” Murray said. “This bipartisan bill takes the first steps toward rebuilding our broken budget process and hopefully, toward rebuilding our broken Congress.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/senate-budget-deal-vote-101235.html

 

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