temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports. reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but
temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports.
reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but because they re using this complex budget process, that means it is taking hours and hours of process to get to the end. we do expect it to pass after senator manchin and majority leader chuck schumer coming to an agreement, and then late last week getting senator kyrsten sinema on board. we do expect that all 50 senate democrats are very much on board with this. they just have to get through the process of a vote-a-rama, which can be hours and hours of endless amendments and it is just nobody s guess exactly how long that will take. just to remind people a little bit what s in this bill, when it comes to the climate provisions, some $369 billion, the largest investment ever from the senate into climate that we have ev
welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m lynda kinkade. you re watching cnn newsroom. good to have you with us. our top story this hour, the senate is inching closer to a critical vote on a sweeping healthcare climate, and tax bill. democrats are hoping to pass a bill along a party line vote, but first they have to get through a marathon session known as a vote-a-rama, which is under way right now. it is a series of back-to-back votes that often lasts hours. still, senate democrats say they re confident the bill will reach president biden s desk soon. well, the bill tackles some of the party s key policy