Washington (cnn) - the House of representatives of the United States is scheduled to vote Thursday on about $ 40 billion in budget cuts for the fiscal year 2011. Then within 24 hours, the package must go to the Senate and be signed by the President Obama.
Representatives are expected to begin making speeches on the package of budget Thursday morning, with a final vote, probably in early evening, according to the website of leader of the majority of the House of Eric Cantor, R-Virginia.
The vote was originally scheduled for Wednesday.
When the White House and Congressional leaders reached the deal last week, he capped days of frenetic unexpected negotiations and public recriminations between Republicans and Democrats.
The agreement prevented a partial closure of the Federal Government. It covers the expenses for the rest of the year, which expires at the end of September.
Behind the scenes of the battle of budget
The Act would be reduced expenditures for the year of $ 38.5 billion by funding cut for a wide range of national programs and services, including high-speed rail, the rescuers of emergency and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The package requires approximately 20 billion in spending cuts in discretionary programs and "changes to mandatory programs" $ 18 billion, or chimpanzees, which involve programs funding for multi-year blocks that do not require approval annual spending by Congress.
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