WASHINGTON ― After a year of painstaking negotiations that seemed for a time to be going nowhere, Senate Democrats on Sunday approved sweeping legislation aiming to reduce the nation’s output of greenhouse gases and make health care more affordable. AdvertisementDemocrats celebrated after the bill passed by roaring in applause and hugging one another on the Senate floor. The bill sets aside hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change, including through incentivizing clean energy technology. Sanders on Saturday stepped on Democrats’ messaging by echoing GOP complaints that the bill would not rein in inflation. But Democratic leaders said that analysis failed to account for health and energy rebates in the bill.

Source: Huffington Post August 08, 2022 06:11 UTC