Senate passes 2011 funding bill, sending it to President Obama

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Breaking News Alert: Senate passes 2011 funding bill, sending it to President Obama

April 14, 2011 5:57:11 PM

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The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would fund the federal government through the end of September and reduce federal agency budgets by more than $38 billion. The funding deal, announced late last week, passed the Senate Thursday on a bipartisan 81-to-19 vote, hours after the House passed it on a 260-to-167 vote. Ahead of the final vote, the Senate also rejected measures that would have defunded the national health-care law and Planned Parenthood; the two Senate votes had been agreed to as part of the budget deal. President Obama must sign the funding measure into law by midnight Friday in order to avert a federal shutdown.

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