No Drama: House Easily Passes Budget Deal 332-94
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Architect of the Capitol(WASHINGTON) — The House voted Thursday evening to pass the bipartisan budget agreement, 332-94.
Speaker John Boehner was in the chair when the vote was called at 6:26 p.m.
While Boehner’s defense of the deal has ruffled feathers at the edge of his conference, just 62 Republicans ended up voting in opposition to the bill. Thirty-two Democrats, many of whom felt spurned that the deal excluded an extension to unemployment benefits, voted against the deal as well.
The deal was supported by 169 Republicans and 163 Democrats – a healthy majority within each party’s ranks in the House.
The bill now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid has indicated he will bring the deal to the floor for a vote next week.
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