Budget Set for Tighter Vote in Senate

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): WASHINGTON—Supporters of a budget agreement worked over the weekend to secure the necessary votes in the Senate to approve the two-year deal, which they expect will pass—but by a much narrower margin than it won in the House last week.

Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, said on Sunday he feels there will be strong Democratic support for the bill, but hasn't yet secured the Republican votes needed to clear a...

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