Congress passes rural funds, Medicare change

COEUR d’ALENE — Congress has passed bipartisan legislation that would restore rural school funding and permanently fix Medicare reimbursements to doctors.

Three of Idaho’s four congressmen voted in favor of the bill despite the fact that it will add $140 billion to the national deficit.

First District Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, voted against the bill in the House because of the high price tag, but the Senate added language to the bill instructing Congress and all federal agencies to find offsets in the budget to pay for the bill.

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