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US Senate passes debt plan to avert default
The Senate put an end to months of partisan impasse on Tuesday, passing a landmark budget agreement to raise the debt ceiling and sending the measure to the White House for President Obama’s signature — just hours before the government’s borrowing authority was set to run out at midnight. The bipartisan vote was 74-26 , a m...
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US Senate passes debt plan to avert default
The Senate voted Tuesday to raise the government's debt ceiling and cut trillions of dollars from its spending, finally ending a fractious partisan battle just hours before the government's borrowing authority was set to run out. The bill, which passed 74 to 26 after a short debate devoid of the oratorical passion that had echoed through both chamb...
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US Senate passes debt plan to avert default
The Senate put an end to months of partisan impasse on Tuesday, passing a landmark budget agreement to raise the debt ceiling and sending the measure to the White House for President Obama’s signature — just hours before the government’s borrowing authority was set to run out at midnight. The bipartisan vote was 74-26 , a m...
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US Senate passes debt plan to avert default
The Senate voted Tuesday to raise the government's debt ceiling and cut trillions of dollars from its spending, finally ending a fractious partisan battle just hours before the government's borrowing authority was set to run out. The bill, which passed 74 to 26 after a short debate devoid of the oratorical passion that had echoed through both chamb...
