this afternoon, vice president, kamala harris cast the tie breaking vote in the evenings senate for the inflation reduction act. it now heads to the house, which returns to its summer recess on friday. if passed, the i.r.a. would invest 369 billion dollars to help save our planet from climate change. it would also help ease inflation lower prescription drug costs collect taxes from corporations and reduce the deficit. here s senate majority leader, chuck schumer, on the passing of legislation. this bill will kickstart the era of affordable clean energy in america. it is a game-changer. it is a turning point. it has been a long time coming. to americans who have lost faith that congress can do big things? this bill is for you. two seniors who face the indignity of rushing medications or skipping them altogether, this bill is for you. no senate republican voted in favor of this bill but, gop senators to block one big key provision a cap on insulin costs at $35 a month for p
years. we re breaking down his objective and what it means in the united states. todd: silicon valley is flipping the switch and supp supporting live to tell us why she is crossing the aisle. carley: this is how you celebrate a u.s. open win. b bryson dechambeau getting a special message from a certain former president. you have everything else, you are the closest thing we ve seen to arnold palmer. carley: you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. high praise. todd: i ve seen you drink wine, only out of the claret jug. carley: don t we all. f todd: fox news alert. carley: biden administration sharing new details on plan to grant mass amnesty for illegal immigrants married to u.s. citizens. todd: more clarity on who is crossing into our country. madeleine rivera has details. madeleine: good morning, biden administration says it is to make it easier for migrants to get permanent legal status would you tell us having to leave the countr
caucus with democrats like bernie sanders for example does or angus cain the, send us other independent. senator bernie sanders did not mince words. he called her out for blocking key pieces of the biden agenda. key pieces of democrats agenda. including senator sinema s refusal to kick the filibuster out and essentially be able to pass legislation like abortion protection, like voting rights. with 50 votes instead of 60. sinema obviously taking a strong stance against that. one more point, when you call sinema senator bernie sanders fellow independent. i think it s interesting because i m sure both of them can t see many similarities between one another. but now, of course, they joining part of the independence in the senate. i think it s important to underscore just how careful democrats need to be here. in order to keep sinema sort of in line with them. she did caucus with democrats. not a single time really since she s been at the senate in 2018. she hasn t attended a leadership
the , juliette been living and breathing the story. most of our viewers feel like they have spent 48 hours in her company. how did some democrats finally land this plane? how sprawling is the legislation? there was still building the plane while trying to land it. some senate democrats were afraid at last minute when senator sinema wanted to make some tweaks to the provisions. further tweaks to the tax provisions. this bill was negotiated in secret between senator manchin and senator schumer. it did not get her input and then she wanted to make some wanted to make changes breaking the tide pushed ahead. it had mater and politicians for democrats agenda. and key states arizona, nobody georgia they re already running ads to tout it. that s what they re gonna try to do next tout those investments in climate and energy ahead of the house
Democrats are now awaiting word from Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the other thorn in their side, after successfully persuading Sen. Joe Manchin, a senator from a red state, to endorse a historic climate and energy bill.