Republicans in House and Senate Agree on a Budget

The New York Times: WASHINGTON — Republican negotiators on Monday reached a compromise on a joint budget between the House and the Senate, the first common congressional budget in a decade.

The deal would increase military spending and take aim at President Obama’s signature health care law. It would also cut education and entitlement programs, like Medicare, but negotiators dropped a proposal by Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin and a former chairman of the House Budget Committee, to turn Medicare into a largely private voucher program.

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