That’s good news, though 51-49 is way too close for comfort.
In a just world, it would have been 99-1.
Found this:
THEY NEEDED 60 TO PASS IT. AFTER ALL THAT PRESSURE ON MANCHIN AND SINEMA? ELEVEN VOTES SHORT. IT WAS ALL THEATER.
After falling 11 votes short? Their only hope is a successful vote to change the Senate rules and then pass it with 50 votes. It would require both SINEMA and MANCHIN to vote to change the rule.