Agreement reached on details of $1 trillion U.S. spending bill-Mikulski

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Source: Reuters

Agreement reached on details of $1 trillion U.S. spending bill-Mikulski

BY DAVID LAWDER
WASHINGTON Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:10pm EST

(Reuters) - Negotiators in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement on a $1 trillion spending bill aimed at keeping the federal government open through September 30, Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman Barbara Mikulski said on Monday.

The bill, which is expected to be filed at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT) for final passage by Saturday, eases some of the across-the-board "sequester" spending cuts by boosting spending on domestic and military programs during the 2014 fiscal year by $45 billion.

Mikulski told reporters that the measure will reverse planned military pension cuts for disabled veterans and does not contain any provision that blocks the implementation of "Obamacare" health insurance reforms.

But asked whether President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law will get an increase in funding, she declined to answer, saying only, "Obamacare lives another day."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/14/us-usa-fiscal-idUSBREA0C1OA20140114

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1. Now need to read the details, just another sellout to the plutocracy ...

... as expected.