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Senate To Weigh Short-Term Budget Tonight

Julie Samuel

Monday, September 26th, 2011

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The Senate is scheduled to take up a temporary seven-week budget for the Pentagon and federal government today that would kick in on Saturday, though the measure’s fate is uncertain. The Republican-led House passed a so-called continuing resolution (CR) for fiscal year 2012 early last Friday morning that would cut funding for the Pentagon and most federal agencies by 1.4 percent below the present FY ’11 levels until Nov. 18. The Democratic-controlled Senate, though, rejected that CR last Friday, as…

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