It’s official: Senate Democrats won’t attempt to pass a budget this year.
Senate Budget Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) revealed the decision in a statement provided to TPM on Friday, citing the two-year budget deal she struck with House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) last December, which passed Congress and set spending levels for 2014 and 2015.
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