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Senate Democrats reach $3.5 trillion budget agreement

by Lisa MascaroAlan Fram
| July 16, 2021 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats announced late Tuesday that they'd reached a budget agreement envisioning spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade, paving the way for their drive to pour federal resources into climate change, health care and family-service programs sought by President Joe Biden.

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