A two-year federal budget deal is awaiting President Obama’s signature.
The Senate voted early Friday morning on the budget plan, which funds the government in to 2017. Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska was one of the 35 no votes in the Senate on the budget bill.
During her weekly conference call Thursday, before the vote, Fischer said she was concerned about provisions in the budget plan related to crop insurance.
"We all know that the federal crop insurance program is critically important for our state. It is the only primary risk management option available to our ag producers, and we need to make sure that this program is preserved. The agriculture community should not be targeted to bear the brunt of this agreement. It’s a question of basic fairness."
The budget agreement puts $80 million more toward domestic and defense spending over the next two years. It suspends the debt limit until March 2017. Lawmakers had until next Tuesday to raise the debt ceiling.