Word: sendoff
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After a hearty, 300-132 sendoff in the House last night, thebalanced budget amendment proposalis ready for the Senate, where it is favored to pass within two weeks despite the narrow majority of its support there. "I believe we are going to do the same thing in the Senate," Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.), a leading Democratic proponent, said today, but added: "It's by no means certain." Similar hedging came from House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who nonetheless crowed after Thursday's bipartisan vote: "This is a historic moment for our country." TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty says the Senate...