Senate Democrats have cleared a key procedural hurdle on the path toward passing their $740 billion health care, climate, tax and spending package, setting up a significant win for the party after months of tense back-and-forth over the cornerstone bill in President Biden’s long-stalled legislative agenda.
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the tie-breaking vote Saturday evening on a motion to proceed to final debate on the so-called Inflation Reduction Act after the evenly split chamber voted along party lines on the measure in a rare weekend session as Democrats race to move the bill across the finish line before departing for the Senate’s August recess.