u.s. history, putting forth more than 300 billion dollars for climate clean energy investment, including a methane reduction program, which rewards farmers and ranchers for reducing methane emissions. environmental justice block grants, a climate bank provision to make investments in clean energy technology, and energy efficiency. an extension of the electric vehicle tax credit. guaranteed wage rates for clean energy jobs, in four billion dollars for drought funding, one of several items of the democratic arizona senator kirsten sinema negotiated into the bill in order to end her hold out for. it on drug pricing, the inflation production act gives medicare the power to negotiate some prices with drug companies for the first time, with the goal of lowering prescription drug costs for seniors. however, a provision would ve kept the price increase for prescription drugs in the commercial market, but penalizing companies, was blocked by the senate parliamentarian. she said it cou
this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
prepandemic occupants on-site at some point during the week. online job postings also reflect differences in remote work between large and small cities. in san francisco, 26% of postings permit remote work. in birmingham, alabama, that number is just 10.4%. there s debate of what drives the difference. is it work habits? commutes? in a moment, i m going to ask scott calloway what he thinks. a second story caught my eye the same day. it had to do with friendship and economic mobility and so much more. raj chedy and colleagues released a study, the social met works of 2.2 million users between 25 and 54. the searchers didn t have names or identities, but they were able to use zip codes to estimate income, college, and other characteristics. the conclusion that drove the headlines was theis. for the poor, the best ticket out of poverty is having wealthy friends. it s called economic connectedness. the more connections between the rich and the poor, the better the neighborhood wa
halfway through his second year, president biden still has a long to-do list with pressure mounting to act on the climate crisis and turn around the economy. can the biden administration keep its promises? i ll speak exclusively to biden cabinet secretary pete buttigieg in moments. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering whether some people really are above the law? this week the january 6th committee presented a seasoned finale of sorts to the series of eight hearings they ve held this summer. the committee laid out minute by minute how former president trump sat and watched as rioters stormed the capitol for more than three hours, refusing to call for the violence to end, refusing to reach out to law enforcement or military to send help. two of president trump s former president newspapers both owned by rupert murdock wrote damning editorials. in an astonishing reality, trump is taking very real action to run forment again, stumping
its future but after another election denier wins his primary in maryland has the gop already made its choice? the outing republican governor of maryland larry hogan joins me to discuss. ahead. plus, feeling the heat. halfway through his second year, president biden still has a long to do list with pressure mounting to act on the climate crisis and turn around the economy. can the biden administration keep its promises? i ll speak to pete buttigieg in moments. the january 6th committee presented a season finale of sorts to the series of eight hearings they have held this summer. the committee laid out minute-by-minute how former president trump sat and watched as rioters stormed the capitol three hours he sat this refusing to call for the violence to end and refusing to reach out to the law enforcement or military to send help. this weekend two of former president trump s favorite newspapers both owned by rupert murdoch ran a pair of damming editorials saying trump s acti