U.S. House Democrats send sweeping climate, health and tax legislation to Biden
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Debate on the bill Friday was part of a brief, one-day session for House members, who now will continue their August recess. Members aren't expected to return to
"This is landmark legislation that is going to help reduce costs for American families, while finally aggressively tackling the climate crisis,"
"We simply cannot wait any longer to confront the climate crisis," he said. "Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more extreme … and these extreme weather events cost families their loved ones, their homes and their livelihoods."
"It is fiscally responsible and is targeted on four key priorities: reducing the national debt and putting our country back on a fiscally responsible path, lowering the cost of prescription drugs and making health care more affordable, investing in an all-of-the-above energy strategy to significantly increase oil, gas, and renewable energy production to lower energy costs for Americans, and cracking down on the tax avoidance of billion-dollar multinational corporations," Golden said in the statement.
"Our economy is in a fragile state as we emerge from this pandemic," Upton said. "We've seen decades-high inflation that is crushing
House GOP
"Let's talk about these 87,000
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"It seems to me that
"This is an attempt to try to recover some of that money that is owed and is not being paid by taxpayers, who are in many cases cheating," Yarmuth added.
Swifter House action
House debate on the measure was nowhere near as long or tedious as it was in the
The bill, primarily negotiated by Senate Majority Leader
It would provide
As part of the deal with Manchin, the legislation requires the
The bill would boost funding for a federal trust fund that helps coal miners diagnosed with black lung pay for their health care if the company they worked for doesn't do so.
Virginia Democratic Rep.
In other health provisions, the package would require pharmaceutical companies to pay rebates if they raise the cost of some prescription drugs within Medicare faster than inflation.
It would extend subsidies for three years for individuals who purchase health insurance as part of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, to stave off a price hike that was expected to begin at the end of the year. Those enhanced subsidies were first approved as part of
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