WASHINGTON — As House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) briefed his conference on the broad strokes of a administration funding bill, aides behind the scenes were still hammering outside actual language and details, reaching a deal at about 10:30 p.m., a senior Senate leadership aide told reporters. The aide said negotiators from the House Republicans, Senate Democrats and the White House met for a final age Friday evening, finally agreeing to a figure of roughly $38 billion. Each side made some final concessions: Democrats agreed to add half a billion dollars in additional cuts to mandatory spending, while Republicans agreed that no language related to Plotted Parenthood and Title X funding would be in the small-term funding bill. They finished negotiations only an hour and a half before administration funding expired. If one chamber had not went by about 11 p.m., the administration would have begun to shut down, the aide said. Glance at More…
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