The Nation - News from Jan. 1, 1985
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A compromise, $1.9-billion city budget was adopted by the Chicago City Council just hours before a midnight deadline and after weeks of confrontation between Mayor Harold Washington and his council opponents. Washington and Alderman Edward Vrdolyak, leader of the council majority bloc, emerged from a two-hour, closed-door meeting to announce tentative agreement on the budget for 1985, which was approved by a 41-3 vote 4 1/2 hours before the deadline.
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