that, who doesn t live in community with someone like that, and has a perception of who we are based on falsehoods and lines. it is a win-win situation across the board when they get it right, as you pointed out. have a great rest of your evening, alicia. great to see you. same. tonight on the mehdi hasan show, a major, major victory tonight for the democrats and for our planet. the senate have passed inflation reduction act, capping of a historic week for the presidents joe biden, former white house chief of staff mick john podesta is here to explain what this all means. plus, disinformation wars. alex jones finally paid the price for his years of dangerous, toxic lies. but what about his gop enabling enablers? and covid, monkey pucks, and now polio? how these illnesses expose the fault lines and our unequal society? a powerful new book breaks it down. plus, my take on the latest violence in gaza. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. we begin tonight with brea
senate democrats have passed the inflation reduction act. they re major climate in health policy act on vice president kamala harris breaking the 50/50 tie. the yays are 50, the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative, and the bill, as amended, is passed. the final version of the bill includes some huge wins for democrats, including investing nearly 400 billion dollars over ten years to attack climate change and to boost clean energy. it allows medicare to negotiate drug prices. raises taxes on some billion dollar corporations, and in a statement president biden said of the bill quote, it required many compromises. doing important things almost always does. well, let s talk about some of those compromises. senate republicans block democrats proposal to cap the price of insulin, to $35 a month on the private insurance market. in the final hours of the marathon vote-a-rama. kirsten sinema pushed for a change to the bills
show on the msnbc hub on peacock, and stupid anytime. plus, there are new monday through thursday. now it s time to hand it over to sam stein, who is in for ayman mohyeldin. good evening. good evening, thank you, good evening, welcome to ayman, i m sam stein, infer ayman mohyeldin. coming up tonight, the breaking news on capitol hill, have seen the democrats score a major win, passing the climate health bill. plus, a dangerous trend, republican candidates refusing to concede it elections that they indisputably lost. the florida state attorney firing back after ron descendants suspended him, over his pledge not to enforce new abortion restrictions. let s get started. tonight we begin with breaking news.
Despite unanimous GOP opposition, Democratic unity in the 50-50 chamber suggested the party was on track for a morale-boosting victory three months from elections.