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Democrats outline $3.5-trillion antipoverty, climate blueprint

The budget blueprint is expected to be voted on this week in the Senate soon after final passage of Biden's bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure package

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Senate Democrats released the text of their budget resolution that sets up President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion economic agenda as well as a showdown with Republicans over the debt limit in September.
 
The budget blueprint is expected to be voted on this week in the Senate soon after final passage of Biden’s bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure package. It allows Democrats to bypass Republicans to expand the social safety net and address climate change, paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy and corpor­ations.
 
The blueprint would be followed as soon as September with text implementing a broad array