Reuters: Politics: Senate narrowly passes first budget in four years

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Senate narrowly passes first budget in four years Mar 23rd 2013, 09:23 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Senate to pass budget, ushering in lull in fiscal battle Fri, Mar 22 2013 House averts government shutdown, backs Ryan budget Thu, Mar 21 2013 Senate approves funding bill to avert government shutdown Wed, Mar 20 2013 U.S. Senate panel backs Obama bid to renew assault weapons ban Thu, Mar 14 2013 Obama makes little headway with Republicans over deficit Wed, Mar 13 2013 Analysis & Opinion Essential reading: Athletes' tough tax bills, and more Essential reading: Senate votes on tax hikes in budget, and more The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, February 27, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed WASHINGTON | Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:23am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling. The Senate budget plan passed on a 50-49 vote in the Democratic-controlled chamber. Four Democratic senators facing re-election in 2014 joined all Senate Republicans in opposing the measure, which seeks to raise nearly $1 trillion in new tax revenues by closing some tax breaks for the wealthy. (Editing by Louise Ireland) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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