Editing Patty Murray (section)

=== Federal budget ===
On December 10, 2013, Murray announced that she and Republican Representative [[Paul Ryan]] had reached a compromise agreement on a two-year, bipartisan budget bill, the [[Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013]].<ref name="positivereviewHill">{{cite news |last1=Wasson |first1=Eric |last2=Berman |first2=Russell |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/192760-gop-leaders-whip-members-on-budget-deal/ |title=Ryan deal gets positive review at closed-door GOP conference |date=December 11, 2013 |newspaper=The Hill |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref>

The deal was scheduled to be voted on first in the House and then the Senate. Some believed House Democrats would pass the deal as a way to reduce the [[Budget sequestration|sequester]] cuts,<ref name=assessingbudgetdealPete>{{cite news |last=Kasperowicz |first=Pete |title=Wednesday: Assessing the budget deal |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/scheduling/192708-wednesday-assessing-the-budget-deal/ |access-date=December 11, 2013 |newspaper=The Hill |date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> but the ranking Democrat on the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|House Budget Committee]], [[Chris Van Hollen]], said on December 12, 2013, that members of his party were outraged that House Republicans were planning to adjourn without addressing unemployment benefits.<ref name=vanhollenHill>{{cite news |last=Cusack |first=Bob |title=Van Hollen: 'Too early to say' if most Democrats will back budget deal |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/192926-van-hollen-too-early-to-say-if-most-dems-will-back-budget-deal/ |access-date=December 12, 2013 |newspaper=The Hill |date=December 12, 2013}}</ref> Van Hollen said that "it is too early to say" whether a majority of House Democrats would vote for the budget bill.<ref name="vanhollenHill"/> The deal was also unpopular with many conservatives.<ref name=ryannottarnished>{{cite news |last=Wasson |first=Erik |title=Conservatives: Ryan not tarnished by 'bad' deal |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/192787-conservatives-say-ryan-not-tarnished-by-bad-deal/ |access-date=December 11, 2013 |newspaper=The Hill |date=December 11, 2013}}</ref>

Murray put the controversial intelligence ports-data project [[Global Trade Exchange]] into the Homeland Security budget.<ref>{{cite book |last1=usa |first1=ibp |title=US Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee Handbook (World Strategic and Business Information Library) |date=2014 |isbn=978-1433057588 |page=14 |publisher=Lulu.com |edition=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K3CuBgAAQBAJ&q=Senator+Patty+Murray+Global+Trade+Exchange+into+the+Homeland+security+budget&pg=PA36}}</ref>