Article 5S3SQ House passes Biden’s $1.75tn Build Back Better plan after months of negotiations – as it happened

House passes Biden’s $1.75tn Build Back Better plan after months of negotiations – as it happened

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Vivian Ho now and Joanna Walters earlier
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With the passage of the Build Back Better Act in the House, now it's on to the Senate.

Though the Democrats have a plan to bypass the Republicans and their oft-used tactic of the filibuster that requires 60 votes to break, they still need a majority vote - which, technically they have, given Senate's 50/50 split, and then the deciding vote of vice-president Kamala Harris.

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