US Congress approves spending cut bill

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Congress on Thursday sent President Barack Obama a bill cutting $ 40 billion of national programs and foreign aid, a skirmish in a wider war on the government's finances run out of money.

The Senate voted 81-19 to pass the measure after the House of Representatives approved by a margin of 260-167, sending it to Obama to sign into law and by freeing legislators polarized to turn to other arguments expenditure bitter.

The White House has stressed its support of two democratic allies and enemies Republican had assured the passage of the bill, which funds the government of the United States until September 30, ahead of what may be many more battles discord.

"There are difficult challenges ahead, the growth of our economy to reduce our deficit, but we must build on this bipartisan compromise to address these problems and meet the expectations of the American people," said the door critic Jay Carney.

Senate Republican Mitch McConnell Minority Leader onus on Democrats, saying: "Now, everyone claims to see the crises we face - even those who did so much to create, and who have tried for too long to ignore them. "