The Hill reported today that the Senate today (on Sunday) passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill. The Republicans had filibustered the bill, but the Democrats broke through the filibuster on Saturday.
According to the article:
"The bill, which includes $447 billion in appropriations for a number of cabinet departments and $650 billion for Medicare and Medicaid, combines six of the 12 annual spending bills Congress had been unable to pass separately because of Republican concerns that the measure is over-inflated and exceeds the cost of inflation in its government budget increases."
The Democrats who voted against the bill were Sens. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) and Evan Bayh (Ind.). There was one Republican who voted for the bill.
The Senate is expected to return to working for passage of the healthcare bill next week.
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