Senate thwarts move to stall spending bill
Posted: December 13, 2009 at 4 a.m.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at a news conference Saturday on Capitol Hill after an attempted Republican filibuster was thwarted. He is joined by (from left), Sens. Judd Gregg, George LeMieux and Lisa Murkowski.
The Democratic-controlled Senate on Saturday cleared away a Republican filibuster of a $1.1 trillion end-of-year spending bill that rewards most federal agencies with budget boosts.
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