Key Senate vote looms in marathon session on Democrats’ economic bill

Legislation on climate change, pharmaceutical costs and taxes for corporations weathers vote-a-rama' of Republican objections

Democrats drove their election-year economic package toward Senate approval early on Sunday, debating a measure with less ambition than Joe Biden's original domestic vision but that touches deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations.

Debate began on Saturday and by sunrise on Sunday, Democrats had swatted down a dozen Republican efforts to torpedo the legislation, with no clear end in sight.