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Senate approves budget bill

President Barack Obama is expected to sign the bipartisan deal

Rep. Frank Wolf will leave Congress after three-plus decades

Despite objections from both parties, the measure receives overwhelming bipartisan support


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Congressional negotiators have a budget proposal—but no one likes it

The Senate majority leader and his fellow Democrats restructure long-standing Senate rules to limit the power of Republicans

The federal government shuts down as Republicans in the House and Democrats in the Senate stand firm in the Obamacare funding battle

Republicans must now decide whether to drop it or risk getting burned

Effort to defund Obamacare while funding the government is losing traction among most Senate Republicans

Edward Lee Pitts | Lawmakers join the president in avoiding decisive moves on foreign and domestic fronts