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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Dec 18, 2013, 06:52 PM Dec 2013

Obama will sign the budget bill before departing for Hawaii this weekend

Senators voted 64-36 to approve a bipartisan budget agreement Wednesday afternoon and Obama is expected to sign the bill before departing this weekend for his Christmas vacation in Hawaii.

Approval of the measure comes about four weeks before a Jan. 15 deadline but does not erase the threat of a government shutdown. The budget agreement merely sets the parameters of federal spending levels; it leaves work on the details up to the House and Senate appropriations committees.


Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-poised-to-pass-bipartisan-budget-agreement/2013/12/18/54fd3a1a-6807-11e3-a0b9-249bbb34602c_story.html

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Obama will sign the budget bill before departing for Hawaii this weekend (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2013 OP
oh good god..... chillfactor Dec 2013 #1
Never mind the fact that Reagan spent nearly 25% of his presidency at his California ranch. BlueDemKev Dec 2013 #3
The gophucking fascists better not put us through another Cha Dec 2013 #2

chillfactor

(7,576 posts)
1. oh good god.....
Wed Dec 18, 2013, 07:50 PM
Dec 2013

the Obama family is going to Hawaii to spend Christmas with family......freeper heads will explode!

Cha

(297,220 posts)
2. The gophucking fascists better not put us through another
Thu Dec 19, 2013, 04:41 AM
Dec 2013
Stressful $24 Billion Shutdown Crisis!

thanks DV
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