Rep. Westmoreland supports bipartisan budget deal

A new federal budget that would stave off a potential government shutdown early next year has won the support of local Congressman Lynn Westmoreland as it passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week.

While as of press time Tuesday the bill faces an unknown outcome in the Democrat-controlled Senate, Westmoreland said last week that the bipartisan budget deal brokered between the Republican and Democratic party leaders “is a step in the right direction.”

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-18-2013/rep-westmoreland-supports-bipartisan-budget-deal

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