Did somebody say “Fiscal Cliff”? Congress adopted a stopgap budget measure to
fund the federal government’s day-to-day operations before lawmakers adjourned
to campaign for the Nov. 6 election. The
Senate voted 62-30 early today to clear legislation that would give most
agencies a 0.6 percent budget increase after the start of the fiscal year until
March 27, 2013.
The vote sends the measure to President Barack Obama for his
signature. The legislation was adopted Sept. 13 by the House, 329-91, after
Republicans dropped their demands for billions of dollars in additional
spending cuts included in House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s fiscal
plan...
…The budget measure, H.J. Res. 117, ends a budget fight
while lawmakers delay the more contentious debate about expiring George W.
Bush-era income-tax cuts and $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts set to
begin in January. Congress was in session for two weeks after lawmakers
returned from their August recess...
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