BREAKING: Senate Democrats pass major climate and economic package, sending it to the House for likely passage this week.
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats narrowly passed a sweeping climate and economic package on Sunday, putting President Joe Biden and his party on the cusp of a big legislative victory just three months before the crucial November midterm elections.
"After more than a year of hard work, the Senate is making history. I am confident the Inflation Reduction Act will endure as one of the defining legislative feats of the 21st century."The 755-page bill includes $430 billion to combat climate change and extend health care coverage, paid for with savings on prescription drugs and taxes on corporations. It puts hundreds of billions of dollars toward deficit reduction.
The legislation came together quickly. Less than two weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., announced a Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Senate Democrats' campaign chief this cycle, said the reconciliation package makes his job easier as he tries to protect incumbents and grow his party's fragile majority.
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., offered an amendment to cut gas prices by boosting domestic energy production, while Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., offered one that would provide additional funding for the implementation of Title 42, the controversial public health rule that blocked asylum seekers trying to cross the border. But Democrats stayed unified and defeated nearly all GOP amendments.
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