Late tonight the Senate followed the House of Representatives in successfully passing their own version of the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution. At the conclusion of the Senate vote, President Obama released the following statement:

"Tonight, the Senate has joined the House of Representatives in taking an important step toward rebuilding our struggling economy. This budget resolution embraces our most fundamental priorities: an energy plan that will end our dependence on foreign oil and spur a new clean energy economy; an education system that will ensure our children will be able to compete in the economy of the 21st century; and health care reform that finally confronts the back-breaking costs plaguing families, businesses and government alike." 

House and Senate members will now move to conference committee, where they will work out differences between their two respective versions.