Senate Final Vote on Stimulus Likely Pushed Into Weekend
- Schumer delays opening debate while awaiting cost estimate
- Senate forges ahead despite warnings of threat to Capitol
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The Senate enters the final stages of debating President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on Thursday, with passage in the chamber likely pushed off until the weekend.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had planned to kick off the process Wednesday night but lacked an official cost estimate on the latest version of the bill, which has been trimmed down from the House-passed measure.