Joe Biden’s battle to pass a $1.75tn package to enhance the social safety net and combat climate change moves to the thorny terrain of the US Senate, after clearing the House of Representatives.
The House on Friday passed the sweeping Build Back Better bill, which includes subsidies for early childhood education, tax credits for families with children, an expansion of public healthcare for senior citizens and some $550bn in programmes to combat climate change.
The vote came just days after Biden signed into law a separate $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure package that will fund repairs to bridges, roads, tunnels and other transport systems.
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