It’s a rare weekend session for the Senate as Democrats push to pass their ambitious climate, health care and tax spending bill before they leave Capitol Hill for their traditional August recess.
deemed that reconciliation could be applied to large parts of the bill regarding climate initiatives and allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug costs for seniors." ... We are one step closer to finally taking on Big Pharma and lowering Rx drug prices for millions of Americans," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. said in a statement.
With Republicans expected to do well in the November midterm elections, the bill could present a potentially huge victory for Biden and congressional Democrats after they had What happens first and when? There is only one minute allocated for debate, equally divided between both sides. Then, senators are given 10 minutes to vote. This process repeats for every single amendment.
Saturday night's vote-a-rama is expected to continue at least until sometime Sunday morning. Timing of final passage on the bill remains unknown.Most amendments are expected to come from Republicans, who are furious over the deal which was negotiated without their input.
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