US Senate approves Democrats’ $3.5tn budget in latest win for Biden

Joe Biden (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats have pushed a 3.5 trillion dollar framework for bolstering family services, health and environment programmes through the Senate, advancing President Joe Biden’s expansive vision for reshaping federal priorities hours after handing him a triumph on a hefty infrastructure package.

Legislators approved the budget resolution on a party-line 50-49 vote, a crucial step for a president and party set on training the government’s fiscal might at assisting families, creating jobs and fighting climate change. Higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations would pay for much of it.