US Senate Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution 

The U.S. Senate narrowly passed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution early Wednesday providing the framework for spending on family services, health and environmental programs. 

The package includes many priorities of President Joe Biden and was supported only by senators from his Democratic Party in the 50 to 49 vote.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the budget resolution would “provide historic investments in American jobs, American families, and the fight against climate change.”  “It puts us on track to bring a generational transformation to how our economy works for average Americans,” Schumer tweeted early Wednesday.