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Senate announces bipartisan deal to end fiscal impasse
NBC News: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Wednesday that a bipartisan deal has been reached to avoid default and reopen the government.
Shortly after Reid’s announcement, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced he would not block a vote on the deal in the Senate.
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Senate Republican leaders decided on Tuesday to not hold a vote on a last-ditch attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare before a critical, end-of-the-month deadline, a GOP aide told The Daily Beast.
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) had been pushing for a vote on their legislation that would block-grant federal funds to individual states. But the duo, along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), chose not to hold a vote because the bill lacked enough support. They delivered the news to colleagues at a caucus lunch Tuesday.
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Maya Angelou dead at 86
NBC News: Award-winning author, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has died at age 86.
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Photo: Maya Angelou speaks on race relations at Congregation B’nai Israel and Ebenezer Baptist Church on January 16, 2014 in Boca Raton, Fla.(Jeff Daly/Invision/AP via NBCNews.com)
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