Washington | The US Senate on Sunday (Monday AEST) approved a sweeping $US740 billion ($1.07 trillion) package to combat climate change, lower healthcare costs, raise taxes on some billion-dollar corporations and reduce the federal deficit, as Democrats overcame months of political infighting to deliver the centrepiece to President Joe Biden’s long-stalled economic agenda.
The party-line vote was a milestone in a tumultuous journey that began last year when Democrats took control of Congress and the White House with a promise to bring financial relief to ordinary Americans.
