BREAKING: After more than 14 hours of votes, Senate Democrats have adopted a budget measure to deliver their next filibuster-proof ticket to passing major legislation against the will of their GOP colleagues.
voiced enthusiastic approval, stressing that all senators should go on the record about their support for funding the police, their belief “in God, country and apple pie.”
The Senate narrowly adopted a Republican messaging amendment aimed at preserving a longstanding ban on federal funding for abortion, which House Democrats eliminated from their annual spending bills this year. Manchin, a longtime supporter of the so-called Hyde amendment, was the only Democrat to break ranks and support the provision. that targets a Democratic plan to go after dynastic wealth.
Democrats’ multitrillion-dollar spending package would bolster Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing benefits for seniors. It aims to extend Medicaid to Americans in Republican-led states that have refused to expand the health program for low-income individuals. And it would keep new Obamacare subsidies, too, and make in-home care available to more people.
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