RSSHouse passes budget with no GOP votes
From: The Washington Times | April 29, 2009
The House on Wednesday morning approved President Obama’s $3.5 trillion budget by a party-line vote, and the Senate is expected to clear it later this evening in time for the president’s prime-time press conference on the first 100 days of his administration. Not a single Republican voted for the budget, which includes fast-track instructions to fast-track Democrats’ bid to overhaul the nation’s health-care and student-loan systems. Seventeen Democrats joined Republicans in voting “no,” with 233 Democrats voting in favor. House and Senate budget chiefs trimmed Mr. Obama’s original $3.6 trillion budget proposal, leaving out certain items such as additional funding …
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