Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Friday said the chamber is on track to begin consideration of the Democrats’ $740 billion health care, climate, tax and spending package over the weekend.
The nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, has been working overtime to scrub of the far-reaching measure to ensure it meets the Senate’s complex budget reconciliation rules before Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, introduces the legislation for consideration by the full chamber. The reconciliation package can pass with just the 50 Democrats in the evenly divided chamber, not the three-fifths majority needed for other bills.
“The parliamentarian and her team have dedicated long hours on this legislation,” Mr.