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In a mostly partisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives voted early Friday to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill, a vast expansion of the nation’s social safety net. U.S. Rep Lucy McBath, gun violence research funding, McBath border-funding vote

U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath of the 6th District of Georgia was among the Democrats voting in favor of the bill, which passed on a 220-213 vote.

Only one Democrat voted against the legislation (you can read through it here), which got 13 House Republican votes and that now goes to the U.S. Senate.

The bill includes funding for universal pre-kindergarten, lowers the cost of prescription drugs, guarantees parental and caregiver leave, expands Medicare coverage, offers renewable energy tax credits, creates a Civilian Climate Corps and provides money for pandemic preparedness, among other things.

In a statement McBath said that “the Build Back Better Act will set us on a course to create millions of jobs, get Americans back to work, lower health care costs, and provide tax cuts to hard-working families. This historic investment will help put America on the path back to normal, and I am proud to support this package to help meet the needs of our communities.”

Voting against the bill is 11th District Republican Congressman Barry Loudermilk, who represents part of Cobb County. He called Build Back Better a “tax big and spend bigger bill.”

The vote in Congress comes as Georgia lawmakers are redrawing Congressional district lines.

A map proposed by Republicans in the GOP-dominated legislature would cut some of East Cobb from the 6th, which would add more conservative areas in Cherokee and Forsyth counties.

The new 11th district would include some of East Cobb.

The General Assembly is continuing to meet Friday and Saturday and could vote on Congressional reapportionment by Monday.