Economy

House GOP conservatives help propel budget bill

By Andrew Taylor
Published December 13, 2013 5:00am ET
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House GOP conservatives help propel budget bill
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters' questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

After a sweeping vote by conservative Republicans controlling the House and President Obama’s Democratic allies, a bipartisan budget pact is in the hands of the Senate, where it will encounter stronger but probably futile resistance from Republicans.

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