Republicans Unveil House-Senate Budget Deal

House and Senate Republicans agreed on a unified budget plan that would allow them to bypass Democrats and send President Barack Obama legislation to revise his landmark health-care law.

Senator Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questions witnesses during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Secretary of State John Kerry said the Obama administration's proposed authorization for the military campaign against Islamic State would let the U.S. "speak with a single powerful voice at this pivotal hour."
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By Billy House and Erik Wasson

April 29, 2015 at 6:17 PM UTC

Updated on

April 29, 2015 at 8:31 PM UTC

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House and Senate Republicans agreed on a unified budget plan Wednesday that would allow them to bypass Democrats and send President Barack Obama legislation to repeal or revise his landmark health-care law.

The budget proposal spells out the Republican Party’s priorities by calling for $5.3 trillion in spending cuts to reach balance in nine years. Of this, $4.1 trillion in reductions would come from programs including entitlements like Medicare.