Just call him “Bipartisan Joe”. Corey Booker expresses love for Tommy Tiberville too.
Senate adopts budget that paves way for $3.5T spending plan
The chamber adopted on party lines a 92-page framework for the package of climate and social initiatives Democrats hope to enact this fall.
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- Barred immigrants from being transported without a covid test (approved 88-11)
- Barred federal government funding to make up difference for localities defunding the police (unanimously)
- Barred taxes from being raised on individuals making under $400k (unanimously)
- Pledged to reject any effort under the Green New Deal that would “ship” U.S. jobs overseas, send electricity and gas prices “soaring” or make the nation “increasingly dependent on foreign supply chains.” (Unanimously)
- Seeks to recognize the law enforcement officers who fought and died protecting the Capitol Building during the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Unanimously- this one was a Dem proposal)
- Took a stance against teaching "critical race theory" in schools. (Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined Republicans in voting in support of that proposal.)