Posted on 08/12/2022 5:32:58 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Friday on a $430 billion bill to fight climate change and lower prescription drug prices, in what Democrats view as a major political win for President Joe Biden ahead of November's midterm elections.
The bill has been more than 18 months in the making. It represents a final version of Biden's original sweeping Build Back Better plan, which had to be whittled down in the face of opposition from Republicans and key legislators from his own party.
Democrats, who have been weighed down for months by inflation and Biden's anemic job approval numbers, hope the legislation will help them at the polls in November, when voters decide the balance of power in Congress ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Biden himself plans to travel across the country to tout the bill along with a series of other legislative victories as a win for voters and a defeat for special interests.
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I doubt it will make any impact
Will one of you dunces look at where “climate change” ranks on voter concerns?
10 of 10
How did they go from a 160 billion dollar bill to at 480 billion dollar bill with “reconciliation”?
Just a Dem slush fund and graft.
Wonder what their plan is if/when a drug company doesn’t comply with their price fixing.
Are the Fed’s planning on taking over the company? There’s a word for when the government controls industry, isn’t there?
Nothing is ever a win for Americans. Just for the commie scumbags.
Nope. It's all climate, transgender and abortion with these idiots. Scumbag is too nice a term for them.
They’re robbing the taxpayer as much as they can now because the grift will be up after Jan. 2023.
If this is a win then win has been redefined to what used to be loss.
Oh, it will make an impact.
It will increase inflation.
Question for anyone out there who knows...
I thought there were two steps to the government spending process, authorization and appropriation. I can’t recall which comes first, but one sets aside the money, and the other authorizes the expenditure. If I understand this correct, this bill is only the first half of the process, but please, informed freepers set me straight on the process.
How many more federal agents to be used as a weapon against the people will this bill hire?
Foxtrot Juliet Bravo.
That’s because it’s a hoax, but the politicians continue to bankrupt the country with it
That’s all they’re concerned about. Giving Biden a “win”. Not passing good legislation. Not with what’s right for the country. Same thing with Obama and the stimulus bill and then obamacare.
It won’t because they’re not sending out free money this time.
So a Democrat controlled house voting for a Democrat boondoggle bill is a big win?
I can only imagine the struggle the Rats must have gone through to convince themselves to vote for their own pet bill.
This is gaslighting of the highest order.
HA-HA, ALL YOU’LL GET ARE HIGHER COSTS. electric cars have no mechanism, no chips, and need special tires, that have to be replaced frequently due to the $15k battery weight, how much do racing slicks cost? Good tires are about $500 + for a fossil fuel car.
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