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SummerSnow

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Fri Jan 17, 2014, 06:45 PM Jan 2014

BREAKING NEWS :::Senate approves $1.1 trillion spending bill

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/ted-cruz-obamacare-affordable-care-act-senate-vote-102285.html

A landmark $1.1 trillion spending bill cleared Congress Thursday evening after conservative resistance collapsed in the Senate and tea party favorite Ted Cruz dropped his insistence on a vote on funding for President Barack Obama’s health care plan.
On back-to-back 72-26 roll calls, senators voted to cut off debate and then quickly adopted the bill, which keeps the government funded through September.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/ted-cruz-obamacare-affordable-care-act-senate-vote-102285.html#ixzz2qhNElGkr
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BREAKING NEWS :::Senate approves $1.1 trillion spending bill (Original Post) SummerSnow Jan 2014 OP
cruz, what a blowhard. spanone Jan 2014 #1
I can think of a couple other descriptors ... n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #2
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