Boehner Pushes Budget Deal as Ryan Set for Speakership
Congressional leaders and the White House back a budget and debt agreement to avert shutdowns and defaults. Boehner plans to push the deal through the House before leaving Congress, paving the way for Paul Ryan to become speaker.
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Budget Act 2015 Averts immediate crisis and reshapes spending
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 sets two year spending levels easing sequester limits, suspends the debt limit through March 2017, and allocates extra funds to defense and non defense programs. It offsets new spending with targeted cuts and reforms including tax enforcement and spectrum auctions while shielding most Medicare Part B premiums.
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Budget deal trims federally subsidized crop insurance program
Washington pact would save about 3 billion dollars over 10 years by cutting the rate of return for crop insurance companies. Lawmakers from farming states furious at the surprise provision and lack of notification before a vote.
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Quake Death Toll Rises Across Pakistan Afghanistan
Officials report 376 dead from Monday's magnitude 7.5 quake centered near Badakhshan Afghanistan. Pakistan records 258 deaths and Afghanistan 115 with 7,600 homes destroyed and 558 injured. Aid by air may begin after remote-area surveys.
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