US Democrats in budget deal
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'We expect the announcement to be made (today) in detail, which allows us to indicate that the largest deficit-reduction package in history has been concluded, one that provides dollars 496bn in deficit reduction,' the House of Representatives Speaker, Thomas Foley, told a news conference.
Mr Foley and the Senate majority leader, George Mitchell, predicted the bill would pass the House on Thursday and the Senate on Friday. The bill includes a 4.3 cent-per-gallon petrol tax and raises income tax on the wealthy.
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