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U.S. House Democrats -- including New Hampshire's Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes -- marked the 100th day of the Obama Administration by approving the president's budget outline.
It was followed by approval by the U.S. Senate, including New Hampshire's Jeanne Shaheen.
Republicans, including Judd Gregg, didn't come to the party.
Shea-Porter, from the 1st District, said in a statement: “I voted for this budget because it cuts taxes for 95 percent of Americans and helps middle class families, veterans, students, and seniors. In order to put our country back on the path toward economic prosperity, we must make smart, broad investments now.”
Hodes, from the 2nd District, said in a statement: “Our plan is honest because it gives the American people a true picture of what we are facing. It is visionary because it invests in health care, energy and education. It is fair because it gives middle class families a tax cut. And, it is fiscally responsible because it cuts the deficit in half by 2013.”
Like the stimulus vote before it, no Republicans voted for the $3.4 trillion budget outline that endorses much of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda.
Seventeen House Democrats, mostly from GOP-leaning districts, voted against it. In the Senate the vote was 53-43. Four Senate Democrats also voted against the budget plan.
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