WASHINGTON, Aug 11— The US Senate approved a US$3.5 trillion (RM14.9 trillion) spending blueprint for President Joe Biden’s top priorities early this morning in a 50-49 vote along party lines, after lawmakers sparred over the need for huge spending to fight climate change and poverty. The vote...
WASHINGTON, Aug 11— The US Senate approved a US$3.5 trillion spending blueprint for President Joe Biden’s top priorities early this morning in a 50-49 vote along party lines, after lawmakers sparred over the need for huge spending to fight climate change and poverty. including universal preschool, affordable housing and climate-friendly technologies.
“It’s been quite a night. We still have a ways to go, but we’ve taken a giant step forward to transforming America. This is the most significant piece of legislation that’s been considered in decades,” Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters after the budget resolution passed. “They shouldn’t be expecting Republicans to raise the debt ceiling to accommodate their deficit spending,” Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican who circulated the pledge, told the Wall Street Journal.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said her chamber will not vote on the infrastructure bill or the larger spending package until both are delivered, which will require the Democratic leadership to hold its narrow majorities in Congress together to get the legislation to Biden’s desk.
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