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Washington (AFP) – House Democrats postponed to Friday a vote on US President Joe Biden’s historic package of social welfare reforms as the leader of the minority Republicans’ nine-hour speech drew mockery and frustrated their efforts. Kevin McCarthy was supposed to talk for one minute ahead of a Thursday evening vote in the lower chamber of Congress to advance the $1.8 trillion Build Back Better Act as he took the floor just after 8:30 pm (0130 GMT). But he stopped speaking at about 05:10 am (1010 GMT) after tackling everything from Biden’s spending to the Afghanistan withdrawal, travel to Eu…