10.16.13 | 4:19 pm
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10.16.13 | 4:18 pm
Debt Deal Passes Senate
By a final vote of 81-18, the Senate gave final passage to the bipartisan debt limit deal that will avoid default and end the government shutdown. The House will take it up later this evening.