Trump budget deal passes with 22 Senate GOP defections

By Susan Ferrechio

Published August 1, 2019 12:23pm ET

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Trump budget deal passes with 22 Senate GOP defections — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to keep his members in snyc with President Trump. | (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Congress sent a two-year budget and debt ceiling deal to President Trump over the objection of 22 Senate Republicans.

Many Republicans failed to heed a last-minute tweet from President Trump urging them to back the accord.

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