Washington (CNN) -- (CNN) -- The words "budget" and "compromise" haven't been connected in Congress in recent years. But legislators stunned observers and perhaps each other this week when Republicans and Democrats proved that they can, indeed, agree on government spending. Republican Rep. Paul Ryan and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray worked out a budget framework to fund the government into 2015. The House approved the compromise agreement Thursday. The measure now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass as early as next week. The White House supports the proposal. It was the first full budget agreement by a divided Congress -- in which different parties control the House and Senate -- since 1986, Ryan boasted in announcing the deal.
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For the first time in years, leaders agree on a full budget plan
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Republicans want to avoid another government shutdown and focus on Obamacare
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Democrats can still brand Republicans as the shutdown party due to October
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Bureaucrats, politicians and the economy benefit from the funding certainty
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