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Senate backs Joe Biden's $1.9-trillion aid after Harris breaks the tie

Despite the amendments, the process left Biden's plan largely intact as Democrats moved forward

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Luke Broadwater, Hailey Fuchs & Jim Tankersley | NYT Washington D.C.
The American Senate endorsed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package just before sunrise on Friday, voting along party lines over unified Republican opposition to approve a Budget blueprint that would allow Democrats to enact it with no GOP support.
 
After a 15-hour voting session that stretched overnight, Vice President Kamala Harris arrived early in the morning to the Senate dais, where she cast her first tiebreaking vote. The Senate adopted the Budget measure by a vote of 51 to 50.
 
In the marathon session — known as a vote-a-rama and for which more than 800 amendments were