budget crisis and the george washington bridge scandal, among other statewide issues. they also referred to his low poll numbers and the financial health of his campaign. christie responded in well under 140 characters on twitter saying, i can't read the article because i don't have a subscription. but i can tell you this, i'm not going anywhere. now, breaking overnight the senate has passed a two-year budget deal. the deal sets government funding levels through september of 2017, it also suspends the nation's debt ceiling until march of 2017. the bill passed 64-35 with 18 republicans joining all democrats. now the legislation heads to the president obama who is expected to sign it. the voting came to an end shortly after 3:00 a.m. the bill drew criticism from several republicans, including a few senators running for the white house. >> the left, and the right, have come together in an unholy alliance to explode the debt. i hope my colleagues will listen and will listen very clearly to