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The House passed a two-year budget plan in a bipartisan vote to avert a U.S. debt default. The measure needs final approval in the Senate, which plans to consider it in time to meet Tuesday's deadline to raise the debt limit.

The budget vote came after Republicans in the House nominated Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be the 62nd speaker of the House, tapping the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee to replace John Boehner of Ohio, who is leaving Congress after repeated battles with conservatives in his party. The full House will vote to confirm Ryan today.

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