"I think it's going to pass," the Democratic president, who recently recovered from a second bout of Covid-19, told journalists in a brief appearance on the White House lawn.
Democrats hold a razor-thin majority in the Senate - just enough to pass spending bills like this with no Republican support. It would also provide millions to help protect and conserve forests - which have been increasingly ravaged in recent years by wildfires during record heat waves that scientists say are linked to global warming.
Democrats' narrow edge in the Senate has given a virtual veto to moderates like Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who earlier had used that power to block Mr Biden's much more expansive Build Back Better plan. Influential progressive senator Bernie Sanders used that platform through the evening to propose several amendments aimed at strengthening social planks in the legislation, which were considerably weakened during the months of negotiation.
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