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Congress talks budget

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray gives Rep. Paul Ryan a gavel to run the Budget Conference Committee, upholding a tradition of alternating control between the Senate and House with each new conference committee. (Jim Camden)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray gives Rep. Paul Ryan a gavel to run the Budget Conference Committee, upholding a tradition of alternating control between the Senate and House with each new conference committee. (Jim Camden)

Sen. Patty Murray hands the gavel signifying chairmanship of the Budget Conference Committee to Rep. Paul Ryan.

Key members of the Senate and House sit down today to try to find a compromise on the 2014 budget. Rep. Paul Ryan, the former GOP vice presidential candidate and House numbers guy, is the chairman of the conference committee. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and chairwoman of the Senate Budget Committee, is the conference vice chairwoman.

We're "live tweeting" the hearing.

 

Jim Camden
Jim Camden joined The Spokesman-Review in 1981 and retired in 2021. He is currently the political and state government correspondent covering Washington state.

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