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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 11, 2021, 12:13:54 pm
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Senate Democrats Land $3.5T Budget Blueprint in Party-Line Vote
Simon Kent 11 Aug 2021
Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint through the Senate early Wednesday morning, just hours after approving a companion infrastructure package.
Lawmakers approved Democrats’ budget resolution on a party-line 50-49 vote with passage just before 4 a.m. ET. defying an avalanche of Republican amendment votes.
The Democratic-controlled House will now consider the plan. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer sent a letter to colleagues Tuesday announcing a return from summer recess in the week of August 23 to debate the budget resolution.
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/11/senate-democrats-land-3-5t-budget-blueprint-in-party-line-vote/