US House passes Biden’s social spending bill, sends it to Senate
The US House of Representatives has narrowly passed President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate bill, sending it to the Senate, where it faces changes.
The House passed the so-called “Build Back Better” bill by a vote of 220-213, after House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday evening delivered a lengthy floor speech to delay the final vote.
The bill includes $555 billion in clean energy and climate investments, $400 billion in funding for child care and free pre-school, $200 billion in child tax and earned income tax credits, and $150 billion in home care for elderly and disabled Americans, Xinhua news agency reported.
