“The Senate voted largely along party lines Thursday on legislation to block President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program after the measure cleared a key procedural hurdle in the chamber,” NBC News reports.
“The final vote comes a day after senators voted 51-46 to advance the measure, which would repeal Biden’s debt relief program and end the administration’s pause on federal student loan payments. A few moderate Democrats — Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana, as well as independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona — voted with Republicans on Wednesday on the motion to proceed to the final vote.”
“Just a simple majority of senators were needed to pass the legislation and send it to Biden’s desk. But the White House warned in a Statement of Administration Policy last month that Biden would veto the resolution.”
