Congress reaches an 11th-hour budget deal, still must vote to avoid shutdown

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Politics News Alert: Congress reaches an 11th-hour budget deal, still must vote to avoid shutdown

April 8, 2011 10:54:29 PM
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Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have reached an agreement to fund the federal government for the next five months, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office announced Friday night. The deal will include $39 billion in spending cuts and will drop language related to Planned Parenthood. Lawmakers were still working to approve a short-term stopgap funding bill before midnight to give them time to craft the longer-term legislation.

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