Federal budget survives 1st vote
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 | 6:51 PM ET
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Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government has survived its first confidence test of the new session of Parliament.
The House of Commons voted 214-84 Tuesday to reject a Bloc Québécois amendment to the federal budget.
The amendment would have forced the government to improve EI benefits and stop tax benefits to the oil industry — and use the money to help Quebec. Only the Bloc and NDP supported the proposed change.
Earlier, the House overwhelmingly voted down an NDP sub-amendment that called for eliminating tax benefits to all big corporations. Only the NDP supported that change.
The Liberals — who are not pushing for a spring election — didn't bother to introduce an amendment.
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