After four years, the Senate finally has a budget.
The Democrats’ $3.7 trillion budget passed just before 5 AM on Saturday after a long night of votes on dozens of amendments.The vote was 50-49 with four Democrats bucking the party, all of them up for re-election in 2014 in conservative leaning states — Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Max Baucus (D-MT), and Mark Begich (D-AK).
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