Kamala Harris breaks Senate tie to begin Covid relief debate

Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate to begin debate on Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill.

The vice president broke the 50:50 tie along party lines in the upper chamber of Congress in her role as president of the Senate.

Republicans claim the bill is not focused enough on relieving the economic burden of Covid-19 and is laden with liberal legislative projects such as the $15 per hour minimum wage

Progressive Democrats believe the bill does not go far enough.