Bipartisan budget agreement passes House: 2 Washington Republicans vote no
A bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government operating, and suspend the national debt, until after the 2016 presidential election passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 266-167 vote. Two conservative Republican House members from Washington, U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse and Jaime Herrera Beutler, voted against the measure. It was supported by the state’s six Democratic House members as well as Republican Reps. Dave Reichert and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Re
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