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
The governor believes the 15-week restriction can achieve cross-party consensus, avoiding the backlash that more stringent measures have incited in other states.