WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a sweeping $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes on Sunday, a major victory for President Joe Biden that Democrats hope will aid their chances of keeping control of Congress in this year's elections.

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Frankly, I'm stunned that McConnell allowed Biden to have this win.

This was reconciliation, so McConnell could not stop it.

They did stop the insulin price cap because the parliamentarian said it needed 60 votes...and they only got 7 GOPers.

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Frankly, I'm stunned that McConnell allowed Biden to have this win.

51 - 50 party line. What more could singalong with Mitch do?

Here is hoping the House Progressives don't try to get cute. This needs to go through as written.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

The German word for contraceptive is “Schwangerschaftsverhütungsmittel”. By the time you finished saying that, it’s too late

It’s gone through, passing 51-50.

House progressives held their nose and gave yes votes, without requiring Schumer to kill parts that didn’t go far enough, or would inconvenience their big donors, like Sinema did.

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It’s gone through, passing 51-50.

House Senate progressives held their nose and gave yes votes, without requiring Schumer to kill parts that didn’t go far enough, or would inconvenience their big donors, like Sinema did.

House has not taken it up yet.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

The German word for contraceptive is “Schwangerschaftsverhütungsmittel”. By the time you finished saying that, it’s too late

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51 - 50 party line.

Now we wait for the NO voters to take credit for any benefits that their constituents get.

HR 8376
[www.congress.gov]

This bill provides funding, establishes programs, and otherwise modifies provisions relating to a broad array of areas, including education, labor, child care, health care, taxes, immigration, and the environment. (The bill is commonly referred to as the Build Back Better Act.)

For example, the bill provides funding for

management of the National Forest System;
job placement and career services;
safe drinking water and energy-efficiency projects;
electric vehicles and zero-emission, heavy-duty vehicles;
public health infrastructure and supply chain resiliency;
housing, rental, and homeowner assistance programs;
cybersecurity programs;
tribal infrastructure, environmental, and health programs;
wildfire prevention, drought relief, conservation efforts, and climate change research;
small business assistance and development;
transit services and clean energy projects in low-income communities; and
infrastructure and administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The bill also includes provisions that

provide free child care for children under the age of six;
provide free universal preschool services;
establish a methane fee for certain petroleum and natural gas facilities;
expand Medicare to cover hearing care;
allow certain aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 2011, to temporarily remain and work in the country;
provide up to four weeks of paid family and medical leave per year;
restructure and increase taxes for certain corporations and high-income individuals (e.g., individuals with income over $400,000); and
require the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate maximum prices for certain brand-name drugs under Medicare.