BREAKING: Democrats’ sweeping climate, health care and tax bill clears major hurdle in the Senate, with every member of the party voting to advance the legislation.
, and has since been on a media blitz to sell it.
Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., promised “hard votes for the Democrats” in the vote-a-rama process. "I certainly cannot support it, if extraneous provisions get adopted, particularly pejorative immigration provisions that have nothing to do with the health, welfare and security of the American people," Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., said this week on MSNBC.
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