US Senate leaders reach spending deal

By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker
Updated February 8 2018 - 6:48am, first published 6:45am
The US Senate has reached a rare bipartisan deal on the budget, raising the debt limit.
The US Senate has reached a rare bipartisan deal on the budget, raising the debt limit.

The US Senate, in a rare display of bipartisanship, has reached a two-year budget deal to raise federal spending by almost $US300 billion, in an attempt to end the kind of squabbling over fiscal issues that has plagued Washington for years.

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