the bill includes $369 billion to combat climate change, largest in u.s. history. it gives medicare the power to negotiate some drug prices. it caps medicare out-of-pocket expenses at $2,000 and extended affordable care act subsidies for three years. white house reporter kevin livtak looks at what it means. jess, i want to start with you because we have news breaking in the last five to ten minutes, which i think is a good harbinger for your next few days at the capitol, where do things stand for the key elements for this to move forward? reporter: phil, democrats getting good news from the senate parliamentarian. to give you the big picture, they are using as you both noted this complex budget process that requires the support of all 50 democrats. doesn t need any republican support, but in order to do that the parliamentarian has to rule it passes and musters up to all of these rules surrounding it. we just found out really in the last ten minutes that the parliamenta
something they wanted to do for decades. one of the questions i have had, margaret, you are an astute observer of white houses. you have covered multiple presidents over the years. the president entered this week with his polls at the lowest level, struggling when it comes to inflation, no shortage of foreign policy issues on his desk as well. it was a blockbuster week for him. this bill, while capping a scaled-back version of his cornerstone piece of the agenda, it is still a big issue, a big win if he gets it. can he change the trajectory that has been pretty static for the course of several months? yeah, that s the $64,000 question or the $10 trillion question or whatever you want to call it. i mean if you are the white house, if you are president biden, you will take all these wins and you will take that victory for the pro for the abortion rights side in kansas and you will run with it as far and as fast as you can, but a lot of public opinion is baked in at this point. the re