Senate breaks without vote on $1.1 trillion spending bill

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5. Let the 48-hour stop-gap bills commence:

One day after House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi publicly chastised him for supporting the bill, the president said there were provisions “I really do not like.” At the same time, he said there were other portions that “fund health insurance, early childhood education, the fight against climate change and expand manufacturing hubs to grow jobs.”

He offered his assessment as Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid also announced support for the legislation, further underscoring the split inside the party. The Democrats will lose control of the Senate in January because of heavy losses in midterm elections last month and will go deeper into a House minority than at any time since 1928.

With lawmakers eager to wrap up work for the year, the measure was on track for final passage by early next week. To give the Senate time to complete action, Obama signed a 48-hour law to keep the government funded through Saturday and prevent a shutdown that both parties have pledged to avoid. A second stop-gap bill was also in the wings, to make sure the government had funding through Wednesday.

Nor was there much if any controversy over the spending levels in the spending measure, which provides funding to keep nearly the entire government operating through the Sept. 30 end of the current budget year.
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Read more: Cherokee Tribune - Obama urges spending bill ratification as rift within Democratic Party widens
http://cherokeetribune.com/bookmark/26235475-Obama-urges-spending-bill-ratification-as-rift-within-Democratic-Party-widens

This could be the start of a very long year . . .