The House on Thursday night adopted a $2.6 trillion federal budget for 2006 that aims to trim the growth of Medicaid by $10 billion over five years, add $106 billion in tax cuts and clear the way for oil drilling in an Alaskan wildlife refuge. The Senate was expected to act quickly to pass the measure.
The 214-211 vote came just hours after House and Senate budget negotiators reached a deal, breaking a weeks-long impasse that revolved largely around Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor. The budget resolution instructs lawmakers to freeze spending in most domestic programs but not defense and homeland security.
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