Democrats compromise to push Joe Biden’s £2.5tn budget past key Congress hurdle

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have compromised with moderates to muscle US President Joe Biden’s 3.5 trillion dollar (£2.5 trillion) budget blueprint over a key hurdle (Susan Walsh/AP)

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have compromised with moderates to muscle US President Joe Biden’s 3.5 trillion dollar (£2.5 trillion) budget blueprint over a key hurdle.

The 220-212 vote was a first move toward drafting the rebuilding plan this autumn, with the narrow outcome, in the face of unanimous Republican opposition, signalling the power a few voices have to alter the debate as well as the challenges ahead.