US Senate passes budget deal; Alaska senators split on vote

The U.S. Senate passed a two-year budget bill early Friday morning, in a vote that split Alaska’s two senators.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted it for it.
She says it’s imperfect but avoids a debt default and makes needed reforms to entitlement spending. She also says it helps the military by lifting the threat of sequestration budget cuts.
The deal increases spending by about $80 billion dollars, half to defense and half to domestic programs.
Those increases are offset by entitlement refo