The blueprint, which would expand health care, provide free preschool and community college, and fund climate change programs, passed along party lines and faces an arduous path ahead.
A key inflation gauge again climbed 5.4 percent in July from a year earlier. Prices gains are expected to moderate the question is by how much and how quickly.
Federal data released on Wednesday showed that for the 12 months through July, the consumer price index rose 5.4 percent, remaining at the same elevated level reported in June.