Senate Passes Bill to Pay U.N. Debts
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The Senate passed a $12-billion measure that included provisions to pay $812 million in debts to the United Nations and to fund and reorganize the State Department. Conservatives had resisted paying off debts that the U.N. estimated at more than $1 billion. The Senate bill must be meshed with House of Representatives’ legislation.
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