(AP) – The US House of Representatives plans to reconvene at 8 am this morning for a vote on President Biden’s 1.8T Build Back Better Agenda.
House Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy broke a 2018 record set by Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he spoke against the 2,100 page massive spending bill early into this morning. He spoke for more than 8 hours. Pelosi’s speech in February of 2018 was 8 hours 7 minutes.
Most Democrats exited the chamber after midnight.
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McCarthy, criticized the legislation, President Joe Biden and Democrats. Despite his marathon effort passage is still expected today on a near party-line vote.
That will send the measure to the Senate, where cost-cutting demands by moderate Sen. Joe Manchin and that chamber’s strict rules seem certain to force significant changes.
The bill includes far-reaching changes in taxation, health care, energy, climate change, family services, education and housing.
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