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The Senate approved a $3.5 trillion budget plan along party lines that would fund climate initiatives and health care while raising taxes on the wealthy.

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 4:03 AM EST

The blueprint, which could set in motion the largest expansion of the federal safety net in nearly six decades, faces a difficult road ahead as Democrats seek to flesh it out and turn it into law, one that will require their progressive and moderate wings to hold together with virtually no votes to spare.

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