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Senate nears relief bill votes after half-day GOP delay

by Alan Fram
| March 5, 2021 4:33 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate steered toward a voting marathon on Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Friday after enduring an extraordinary half-day holdup forced by a Republican foe of President Joe Biden's top legislative priority.

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