Panel to advance budget plan despite conservative rebellion

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Budget Committee on Wednesday pressed ahead with a 10-year spending plan that promises sweeping cuts to health care programs and federal agencies even as a tea party rebellion threatens to derail the measure later on.
The committee vote would send the GOP blueprint to the full House, but passage is looking increasingly unlikely. Conservatives have rejected added spending for various government departments, as set in last year’s deal with President Barack O