Senate Democrats Approve Big Biden Deal; House To Vote Next
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The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where lawmakers are poised to deliver on President Biden's priorities.
Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden's original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations.
The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where lawmakers are poised to deliver on President Biden's priorities, a stunning turnaround of what had seemed a lost and doomed effort that suddenly roared back to political life. Democrats held united, 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.
"It's been a long, tough and winding road, but at last, at last we have arrived," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ahead of final votes.
