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RABAT, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Morocco's House of Representatives approved late on Friday the 2017 budget bill after more than five months delay.

A total of 194 lawmakers voted yes Trevor Williams Jersey , while 56 voted against the bill, and 39 abstained.

The bill should have been voted on by parliament last year, but was delayed due to a six-month political deadlock.

The budget bill is banking on an economic growth of 4.5 percent in 2017, following a 1.8 percent in 2016.

The bill allocates 19 billion U.S. dollars to public investments, and plans to create 23,768 jobs in the public sector.

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Obama pokes fun at White House dinner

At the gathering he jokingly called "a night when Washington celebrates itself," U.S. President Barack Obama took light-hearted aim on Saturday at a range of political friends and foes, including the people running to succeed him.

Obama's comedy routine at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner included a sly dig at Hillary Clinton, the current front-runner to be the Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election.

Noting that some Americans are living in a time of uncertainty, Obama said, "For example, I have one friend just a few weeks ago Russell Okung Jersey , she was making millions of dollars a year and she's now living out of a van in Iowa."

Clinton, who as a former secretary of state, former senator and former first lady is one of America's best known figures, traveled around in a van this month in a deliberately low-key trip to the state that holds an early contest in the election primary season.

Obama, now in office for six years, is a polished performer at an event that draws journalists, politicians and celebrities to a cavernous ballroom in the Washington Hilton.

Some of his jokes are stock Philip Rivers Jersey , including a reference to how much his time as president has aged him. "I look so old," he said this year, "that John Boehner has already invited Netanyahu to speak at my funeral."

Obama was angered when Boehner, the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress last month against a nuclear deal with Iran that the Obama administration was negotiating with other world powers.

The comedian at the dinner, Cecily Strong of NBC show "Saturday Night Live," also fired freely around the audience. Taking a jab at some media coverage of women politicians Dan Fouts Jersey , she had the audience repeat after her, "I solemnly swear not to talk about Hillary's appearance, because that is not journalism."

Strong also took aim at the Secret Service that protects Obama, which has seen a slew of embarrassing recent bungles. Referring to a series of deaths of black men at the hands of law enforcement that have provoked protests around the country, she said, "They're the only law enforcement agency that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot."

On a serious note, Obama noted there were journalists around the world who were unjustly imprisoned Rayshawn Jenkins Chargers Jersey , and cited the case of Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post, an American-Iranian who is in prison in Iran.

"For nine months, Jason has been imprisoned in Tehran for nothing more than writing about the hopes and the fears of the Iranian people," Obama said, adding that he had told Rezaian's brother Ali that he would not rest "until we b.