House Budget Vote Sets Stimulus on a Democrat-Only Track
- Senate changes sent budget resolution back to House for vote
- Committees to write $1.9 trillion virus-relief plan next week
Joe Biden, center, =Kamala Harris, left, and Nancy Pelosi, meet in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 5.
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The House adopted the budget resolution that cleared the Senate early Friday, paving the way to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill in the coming weeks with only Democratic votes.
The resolution cleared the House on a 219 to 209 vote, hours after Senate Democrats called on Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote to approve it 51 to 50. The House had previously adopted the budget Wednesday and had to vote again after the Senate made mostly symbolic changes during a 15-hour amendment marathon.