In a late-night maneuver, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill that authorizes research on pediatric cancer after a similar proposal was cut when House Republicans abandoned the first funding deal this week.

Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, pushed a bill to final passage through unanimous consent — a rarely successful procedure that allowed quick approval because no senator objected. It extends for five years a program at the National Institutes of Health to research pediatric cancer and other diseases.

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    22 hours ago

    The broligarch party - not only soft on terrorism and soft on crime, but they want to let kids die from cancer.

    All very populist, this bunch of broligarchs, let me tell you.

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      21 hours ago

      Ok, broligarchs is funny and accurate, and I hope it catches on.