President Joe Biden responds to reporters questions as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on his way to his Rehoboth Beach, Del., home after his most recent COVID-19 isolation, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.
“The Senate is making history. I am confident the Inflation Reduction Act will endure as one of the defining legislative measures of the 21st century.”Senators engaged in a round-the-clock marathon of voting that began Saturday and stretched late into Sunday afternoon. Democrats swatted down some three dozen Republican amendments designed to torpedo the legislation.
Despite the momentary setback, the “Inflation Reduction Act” gives Democrats a campaign-season showcase for action on coveted goals. It includes the largest-ever federal effort on climate change — close to $400 billion — caps out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare to $2,000 a year and extends expiring subsidies that help 13 million people afford health insurance. By raising corporate taxes, the whole package is paid for, with some $300 billion extra revenue for deficit reduction.
Republicans said the measure would undermine an economy that policymakers are struggling to keep from plummeting into recession. They said the bill’s business taxes would hurt job creation and force prices skyward, making it harder for people to cope with the nation’s worst inflation since the 1980s.
Before debate began Saturday, the bill’s prescription drug price curbs were diluted by the Senate’s nonpartisan parliamentarian. Elizabeth MacDonough, who referees questions about the chamber’s procedures, said a provision should fall that would impose costly penalties on drug makers whose price increases for private insurers exceed inflation.
The bill also caps Medicare patients’ costs for insulin, the expensive diabetes medication, at $35 monthly. Democrats wanted to extend the $35 cap to private insurers but it ran afoul of Senate rules. Most Republicans voted to strip it from the package, though in a sign of the political potency of health costs seven GOP senators joined Democrats trying to preserve it.
So they are going to raise taxes in a recession, taxing the middle class since the 'immense' corporations will transfer their burden onto the consumer
You mean they met their party goal of moving us closer to third world designation!
Why did Republicans vote against making insulin affordable? Is that pro-life?
Wait a sec. I thought this was an anti inflation bill!?
Republicans says Democrates have to test neg for covid before they will vote for it.Somebody leaked this info and boom Biden tested neg...
In the end, it’s always more taxing and more spending with the Dems.
What an alt-left progressive liberal communist socialist Democrat leaning headline. The Trib really has gone down the liberal toilet. Each statement you made is a lie. BoycottTheTribune
We can’t get air lines to be on time. We can’t buy a car. And now irs Sad shameful dishonest disgrace democrats
democrats have infected americans with moneypox
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