House Democrats on Friday approved a sprawling bill to lower prescription drug costs, address global warming, raise taxes on some billion-dollar corporations and reduce the federal deficit, sending to President Biden the long-delayed, last component of his economic agenda in time for this year’s elections.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
House passes Inflation Reduction Act, sending climate and health bill to Biden
The successful vote Friday marked the end of a debate that spanned more than a year and a half, at times pitting Democrats against each other over the final major component of the president’s agenda
By Tony Romm
Updated August 12, 2022 at 5:55 p.m. EDT|Published August 12, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT