social safety net and climate provisions and sets aside nearly $200 billion to provide four weeks of paid medical leave starting in 2024. that provision in particular will have a direct impact on millions of people, including women, people of color, low-income workers, and their families. according to the national partnership for women and families, black workers are 83% more likely than their white counterparts to be unable to take that necessary leave when they need it. paid family leave was at risk of being removed from the bill permanently. but progressives, held by congresswoman pramila jayapal, who i should note is a woman of color, fought to keep it in the bill. it is not surprising that the most racially diverse congress in american history passed the most consequential piece of
legislation for women. leader kevin mccarthy tried but failed to stop the bill s advancement with his eight-hour and 32-minute rant about baby carrots and some such other nonsense, while his fellow republicans sat behind him, nodding and laughing along as if these are times that just you can joke about. and soon after that, speaker nancy pelosi, she passed the democratic agenda. she also got a letter informing her that president joe biden was temporarily transferring presidential powers to vice president kamala harris while he underwent a routine medical screening. so in this very america kind of day, and this morning kamala harris became the first woman and first woman of color to become acting president for a grand total of 85 whole minutes. and this afternoon the vice
day. have a great weekend. to quote thank you. to quote my friend and radio show host josh mcintosh who said today, it has been a very america kind of day. this morning house democrats, led by speaker nancy pelosi passed the bill back better act. the build back better bill is passed. [applause] the biden social infrastructure bill passed today with near unity among democrats and only one defection, leader chuck schumer says he expects the senate to pass it by christmas. this is a once in a generation legislation includes historic social safety net and climate provisions, and set aside nearly 200 billion dollars to
it s been a day. have a great weekend. thank you. to quote my friend thank you. to quote my friend and radio show host jess mcintosh who said to me today it s been a very america kind of day. this morning house democrats led by speaker nancy pelosi passed the build back better act. the build back better bill is passed. [ cheers ] the biden social infrastructure bill passed today with near-unity among democrats and only one defection. and leader chuck schumer says he expects the senate to pass it by christmas. this once-in-a-generation legislation includes historic
according to the nonpartisan see vials official estimate, the social policy, and climate policy bill, will increase the federal deficit by 367 billion dollars over the next ten years. but that is a technical finding that they admit is not reality. the cbo noted that the enhanced irs texas enforcement provisions in the bill will bring in at least an estimated 270 billion dollars of new revenue, but for technical reasons, that piece of the estimate was not included in the official estimate. and if you do include those to 270 billion dollars in the revenue, including in the overall score, then the bill only adds 160 billion dollars to the deficit over ten years. but, there is more. there is a competing estimate by the treasury department. that says, increased times enforcement will generate twice as much, more than twice as much revenue as that cbo