Senate Rejects Competing Budget Plans Amid Spending Impasse
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The U.S. Senate rejected a Republican bid to cut $61 billion from the federal budget, as well as a competing Democratic plan, in votes aimed at pressuring House Republicans to compromise in their push to slash government spending.
Lawmakers defeated 44-56 a measure approved last month by the House that would impose an average of 14 percent cuts on the non-security “discretionary” portion of the budget. A Democratic alternative calling for a fraction of that reduction fell on a 42-58 vote.