Source: Laura Leslie and Matthew Burns, WRAL, 5/11/17

A robust debate on the Senate's proposed $22.9 billion spending plan for 2017-18 on Thursday night turned into a bitter, sarcastic affair during a midnight session early Friday.  In the end, however, the chamber voted along party lines twice to approve the budget proposal and send it over to the House. 

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