Senate Rejects GOP’s Plan for $61 Billion of Budget Cuts

The Senate voted down the House Republicans’ budget bill that would cut $61.3 billion from the federal budget for the rest of the fiscal year on Wednesday afternoon, Politico’s David Rogers reports. Not a single Democrat voted for the legislation, notable given that the party is defending 23 seats next year, many of them moderates facing great pressure to curb spending.
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