The Knesset approved on Tuesday morning the second and third readings of a proposal by treasurer Yuval Steinitz to alter a fiscal guideline for expansion of the say budget.

The change brings the growth of the budget for 2011 to 2.6, as compared to the 1.7 percent limit projected by the feeble guideline.

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