Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T budget in latest win for Biden

Senate Democrats early Wednesday passed a $3.5 trillion spending blueprint for President Joe Biden’s top priorities in a 50-49 vote along party lines — and much of the budget plan will be paid for with higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations. The senators held a 15-hour “vote-a-rama,” a nonstop string of messaging amendments that resulted in 40 roll calls by the time the measure was approved at around 4 a.m. in a crucial step for a president and party set on training the government’s fiscal might on helping families, creating jobs and fighting climate change.-- More...