Congressional leaders announced late Friday night they had reached a deal to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year and made preparations to pass the proposed bill next week.
The deal includes $38.5 billion in spending cuts while leaving the more contentious policy matters, such as blocking funding for Planned Parenthood, for a later debate.
The Senate passed a short-term spending measure Friday night to buy lawmakers the time needed to prepare and pass the final budget bill next week. The House passed the measure early Saturday, which will be signed by President Obama when he receives it, according to senior administration officials.
"This agreement between Democrats and Republicans on behalf of all Americans is a budget that invests in our future while making the largest spending cut in our history," Obama said in a short speech to the nation after the deal had been announced. "Today Americans of different beliefs came together again."
Once again it apears on the surface that the American people and fiscal conservatives were short changed by the Republican Congress
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The 28th Amendment
Simple: to bring power back to the states and the people, where it belongs. Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. shouldn’t be allowed to make sweeping decisions that impact millions of Americans. But right now, they do. So it all boils down to one question: Who do you think should decide what’s best for you and your family? You, or the feds? We’d vote for the American people every single time.
