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Oregon stands to gain more than $100 million in federal education dollars, under a bill that cleared Republican opposition in the U.S. Senate this morning.

Portland Public Schools was already counting on getting around $7 million from Congress. That looked like a bad gamble last week, when Republican worries over the federal deficit helped block the bill in the U.S. Senate.

The bill also faced a veto threat because at one point, it relied on redirecting money from the competitive "Race to the Top" fund.

Now, the Senate has come up with other ways to cover the $10 billion education jobs bill.

Senators rallied 61 votes for a combined education and health care spending bill – enough to break a Republican-led filibuster.

The education side of the bill promises $117 million for Oregon. For Portland, that means officials won't have to re-open their budget – though the current budget still cuts nearly 140 positions.

Across Oregon, school districts stand to gain around $175 per student.

Oregon would also benefit substantially from the federal health care spending.