During that time the senate passed something which might indicate that what Joe Biden planned to do, he might just get done. And the results have the potential to be big. Maybe historically big. So, in the wee hours of the morning, the senate approved a 3. 5 trillion Budget Resolution. The measure passed by a 50 49 party vote. Only democrats voting. But for this they dont need republicans. Now, this was the first step toward final passage of a Spending Plan that would allow democrats to make Mammoth Investments in fighting the climate crisis, health care, education stuff, it would increase taxes, we should note, on wealthy americans and corporations. And the vote for the resolution comes just after the president scored a companion victory, which is Senate Passage of that bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the trillion dollar one. Lets bring in cnns John Harwood live at the white house. Look, still, still steps that need to be taken here for this to move forward and be a success. But, you
Approve the plan with no republican votes in the senate and pass the president s economic package which would massively expand the social Safety Net and advance many democratic priorities. On issues ranging from Health Care, immigration to Climate Change. Lets bring in cnns Manu Raju on capitol hill. So, a late night, now here we are This Morning. What happens next, manu . It gets even more complicated from here on out. Even as hard it was to get first the 1. 2 trillion Infrastructure Package done, which passed along bipartisan Lines Yesterday with 69 votes, 19 republicans crossed breaking ranks, now it moves to the house, the separate track, larger track you described. After passing the Budget Resolution which actually sets the stage for moving forward on that larger 3. 5 trillion plan, they have to write the details and get all democrats online in line in the senate to get this through. All 50 democrats, even though there are serious divisions about what the proposal is and the Price
And we were like wearing leather pants back then. maybe berman s wife was, too. as one does. sebastian bach, amazing. thank you so much. thank you for the message. we do want to note that you will be back on the road expected in late september to celebrate the 30th anniversary of skid row s second album, slave to the grind. in the meantime you can catch him on reruns of the gilmore girls. great to see you, sir. cnn s coverage continues right now. thank you. good morning. i m erica hill. poppy and jim are off today. a major step, first step toward another historic win toward president biden s agenda. early this morning after 14 hour vote a ram a in the senate, they voted along party lines to approve a $3.5 trillion budget resolution. that framework means democrats can now begin the budget reconciliation process which ultimately allowed them to