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House Republicans and Senate Democrats are disagreeing over a key facet of the budget deal struck on Friday.

Republicans say the agreement calls for up-and-down votes on policy riders that would defund the implementation of healthcare reform and defund Planned Parenthood. Democrats contend the pact calls for a 60-vote threshold.

{mosads}During a press conference on Tuesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said the votes on healthcare reform and Planned Parenthood will be "up-or-down" in the Senate.

Asked if that meant 60 votes would not be needed for passage, Cantor responded, “That is correct.”

But Jon Summers, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), told The Hill that 60 votes are required for the budget agreement, as well as both policy riders. 

After the deal was announced on Friday night, many House Republicans believed the deal called for up-or-down votes on healthcare and Planned Parenthood in the upper chamber. A Senate Democratic leadership aide on Saturday disputed those claims.