"JUST WIN, BABY." 2 HUGE WINS, 2 DAYS IN A ROW.

for the sceptics, who couldn't wait one day,
for the 2nd part of the package to pass the senate, as well.

WASHINGTON - Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate early Wednesday, advancing President Joe Biden's expansive vision for reshaping federal priorities just hours after handing him a companion triumph on a hefty infrastructure package.

Lawmakers approved Democrats' 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. Passage came despite an avalanche of Republican amendments intended to make their rivals pay a price in next year's elections for control of Congress.

Senate Democrats Roll Child Care, And Immigration, Into A $3.5 Trillion Dollar Budget Framework.

House leaders announced their chamber will return from summer recess in 2 weeks to vote on the fiscal blueprint, which contemplates disbursing the $3.5 trillion over the next decade.

Final congressional approval, which seems certain, would protect a subsequent bill actually enacting the outline's detailed spending and tax changes from a Republican filibuster in the 50-50 Senate, delays that would otherwise kill it.

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., once a progressive voice in Congress' wilderness, and now a national figure wielding legislative clout, said the measure would help children, families, the elderly and working people - and more.

"It will also, I hope, restore the faith of the American people in the belief that we can have a government that works for all of us, and not just the few," he said.