Headline Roundup • August 16th, 2022
Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act Into Law
Climate Change,Economy And Jobs,Healthcare,Inflation,Inflation Reduction Act,Joe Biden,Politics,Taxes,US Congress
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President Biden on Tuesday signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law.
The Democrats' $740 billion reconciliation bill includes a wide range of provisions that aim to reduce U.S. carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, lower prescription drug prices and help the IRS close tax loopholes by establishing a 15% minimum tax on large corporations. The legislation, which was split across party lines, cleared its largest hurdle after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer struck deals with Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.). Biden used the "historic moment" to further accentuate the partisan divide in Congress, arguing that "Democrats sided with the American people" while "every single Republican in Congress sided with a special interest."
Biden passing the bill into law was prominently covered across the political spectrum on Tuesday. Some reports emphasized how the bill was a "scaled-back version" of Biden's $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan that was ultimately rejected by moderate Democrats.
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Leah Millis/Reuters
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a $430 billion bill that is seen as the biggest climate package in U.S. history, designed to cut domestic greenhouse gas emissions as well as lower prescription drug prices.
At a White House event, Biden was joined by Democratic leaders including Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, whose support was crucial to passage of the Inflation Reduction Act along party lines after he had initially opposed a similar measure.
“Joe, we never had a doubt,” Biden said of Manchin.
Leah Millis/Reuters
President Biden on Tuesday signed Democrats’ massive spending bill into law, calling it the “biggest step forward on climate ever.”
“With this law, the American people won, and the special interests lost,” Biden said during a signing ceremony at the White House. “For a while people doubted whether any of that was going to happen, but we are in a season of substance.”
He said the bill’s passage is proof for “the American people that democracy still works in America, notwithstanding… all the talk of its demise, not just for...
MANUEL BALCE CENETA/ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a scaled-back version of his ambitious “Build Back Better” agenda into law, capping off a series of modest legislative wins heading into the autumn midterms.
“With this law, the American people won, and the special interests lost,” Biden said.
The measure increases investments in renewable energy, imposes a fee on methane emissions, allows Medicare to negotiate with drug companies to win lower prices for prescription drugs, and extends larger subsidies to poorer families enrolled in the Affordable Care Act.
“This means seniors are going to pay...
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