Source: Ramsey Cox and Erik Wasson, THE HILL, 12/18/13

Editor's Note:  US Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) voted nay and US Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) voted yea.

The Senate on Wednesday gave final passage to a two-year budget plan in a 64-36 vote.  Nine Republican senators voted with 55 Democrats and Independents to pass the budget deal, which sets top-line spending levels for 2014 and 2015, allowing appropriators to get to work on an omnibus spending bill for the current fiscal year.

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