Government
Mar. 11, 2011
Failed Vote Leaves Budget in Limbo
The Senate failed to pass two spending bills Wednesday, while Democrats and Republicans remain miles apart on federal funding for regulatory agencies, legal aid for the poor and a host of other programs.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The Senate voted on two spending bills Wednesday yet passed neither, illustrating the yawning gap separating the two political parties on government outlays, even with the specter of a government shutdown hanging over negotiations.
Most Republican senators supported the version passed in the GOP-run House, which calls for $61 billion in cuts all across the government, including funding...
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