Senate Approves Budget Bill, Giving Lawmakers Less Than A Month To Fund FDA, Other Agencies-thegraysheet: The Senate in a 64-36 vote approved a budget framework Dec. 18 and President Obama is expected to quickly sign the measure. The agreement, struck by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., earlier this month, would give Senate and House appropriators less than a month – until the current continuing resolution ends Jan. 15 – to advance either independent funding bills for federal agencies, including FDA, or to wrap all 12 appropriations bills into one omnibus spending package for FY 2014. The House already approved the bill on a 332-94 vote Dec. 12.
