Boehner budget deal includes protections for Medicare B

Federal Times: John Boehner’s swan song may have averted a December government shutdown.

The House passed Boehner's two-year budget deal 266-167, easing a lot of speculation about the possibility of more fiscal gridlock. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it is expected to meet little resistance, apart from a threatened filibuster from Sen. Rand Paul, R.-Ky.

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