Biden Stimulus Faces Lengthy Final Gantlet of Senate Votes
- GOP hopes to chip away at $1.9 trillion plan in vote-a-rama
- White House agrees to tweaks to appeal to moderate Democrats
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Senate Democrats face a gantlet of Republican attempts to rein in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package in a marathon session of votes that will extend the timetable for passage into the weekend.
Democratic leaders plan to rough it through the amendment process and emerge with a bill that gets the votes of all 50 Democrats without risking a revolt from progressives in the House, which will have to agree on the Senate version before it goes to Biden for his signature.