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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Good Deal on the Budget

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Good Deal on the Budget

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The Senate and House took turns approving a four hundred-billion-dollar budget deal, but forced a short term government shutdown in the process.
The approval came early Friday morning, but the government officially ran out of money at midnight.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the deal is still a work in process….

Rounds says a number of programs will be covered under the spending plan…..

Rounds says he pushed for some additional funding…..

Rounds says it will enable the military to repair and reactivate equipment ranging from submarines to aircraft needed around the world.

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