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Government Spending Bills Fail in SenateQuicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples No comments
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| In a stark illustration of the divide over how far to go in paring spending, neither a plan by House Republicans to cut $61 billion nor a much more modest Democratic alternative could attract even a 50-vote majority in the Senate, let alone the 60 required for approval. The Democratic proposal received just 42 votes; the Republican proposal 44. Fourteen senators opposed both. |
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