House Passes $3.4T Obama Budget

[Mari333]

Source: CBS news

AP) Acting with unusual speed, the House on Wednesday adopted a $3.4 trillion budget outline that endorses much of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda while permitting the national debt to continue to spiral higher.

While a welcome victory for Democrats, the 233-193 House vote approving the House-Senate compromise budget is only a first, relatively easy step toward Obama's goal of providing health care coverage for all Americans. Next would come arduous negotiations among lawmakers, the Obama administration and a vast array of interest groups.

Not a single Republican voted for the measure; 17 Democrats, mostly from GOP-leaning districts, voted against it.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/29/politics/main4977653.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories

[Deja Q]

1. And, unlike *'s "budgeting", Obama's budget also directly includes war expenditures.

*'s FUZZY MATH is not going to be remembered by all. Especially in freeperville.

[pleah]

2. K&R

[onehandle]

3. 99% of which will fund forced gay marriage for freepers.

Ok, maybe only 98%.