U.S. budget bill moves toward final passage in Senate
World BusinessDec 18, 2013
A bill that would avert another government shutdown and ease many of the painful budget cuts passed a pivotal test in the Senate on Tuesday, a rare example of bipartisanship in a deeply divided Congress.The measure should stabilize a broken budget process after a partial government shutdown in October that inflicted political harm upon Republicans and Congress in general.“This bipartisan bill takes the first steps toward rebuilding our broken budget process. And hopefully, toward rebuilding our