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U.S. Senate approves its first budget since 2009
The US Senate reached a milestone early Saturday when it overcame partisan gridlock to approve its first budget resolution in four years, setting up a political duel with the Republican-held House. The sweeping plan for fiscal year 2014, the first budget blueprint passed by the Democrat-led Senate under President Barack…
Republican trashes GOP’s ‘misguided and unconstitutional’ No Budget, No Pay Act
Rep. Justin Amash, a libertarian-leaning Republican from Michigan, sharply criticized a “misguided and unconstitutional” bill known as the No Budget No Pay Act of 2013. The legislation was touted by Republicans, who blasted Democrats for failing to passed a budget resolution since 2009. The No Budget No Pay Act withholds…
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