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Senate Ready to Tackle CR
Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:22:20 CSTThe House's newly passed Continuing Resolution is finding favor among Senate Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has filed for cloture on a motion to proceed to a bill that would repeal public financing of presidential campaigns. The measure is expected to serve as the legislative vehicle for a new stopgap funding bill that has yet to be unveiled. Reid favors a bill that would hold current funding steady.
Still, some rank-and-file Senate Democrats may push for a one-month extension of funding, rather than the two weeks in the House bill. A senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Barbara Mikulski, says - I would prefer one month.
Senate Democrats are expected to begin building the case for a long-term measure with fewer cuts than the House bill. That bill, passed on February 19th, would cut more than 60-billion dollars compared with fiscal 2010 levels. House and Senate Republicans continue to increase pressure on Senate Democrats to support the House bill.
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