The US Senate passed a broad, two-year budget deal Thursday that increases spending and eliminates the threat of a debt default until after the 2020 election. It was approved on a vote of 67 to 28.

South Dakota Senator John Thune, who voted for the bill, says it is a compromise….

Thune says moving the debt deadline reduces a major economic threat….

Thune says it was critical to find some agreement on government funding….

The deal increases military and domestic spending by three hundred twenty billion dollars over two years. The federal deficit is also projected to grow past one trillion dollars by the end of the year.