and the important health care item that was blocked by republicans. plus, another loss for supporters of abortion rights. indiana becomes the first state to pass a near total ban on the procedure since the overturning of roe v. wade. and it was a big weekend for maga world in dallas. we ll have the recap of cpac just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senate democrats have done it. after more than a year of negotiations and dead ends, democrats have passed a reconciliation package that includes a bulk of their priorities. the yeas 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. no republicans voted in favor of the final bill. it passed with a tie-breaking vote from vice president kamala harris. the bill went through some last-minute changes during an overnight vote-o-rama. that process al
hours. what s the latest? democrats are now on pace to pass this bill, probably within the hour. this after a marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night, has gone all through the night into the afternoon, and after some last-minute drama, within their own caucus, democrats have resolved those issues, and now are pushing ahead to final passage. that drama caused by concerns initially raised by kyrsten sinema of arizona. the 15% corporate minimum tax. she was concerned it could impact some smaller companies. it s supposed to hit companies that have a billion dollars or more in income. but she had concerns about companies that were subsidiaries of those that were owned by private equity firms. she wanted to exempt those subsidiaries. she agreed to a republican amendment that targeted this, that narrowed this corporate minimum tax, exempted those subsidiaries. but democrats were revolting over this because of the way that republican amendment wou
we stand strong with our muslim community. be vigilant and report anything you see. e veil will not prevail. a fourth set of human remains have now been in lake mead s receding waters. we have to identify the victim, and that s what we re trying to do at this point. and actor anne heche now said to be in stable condition after her car crashes into an l.a. house, narrowly missing a person inside. she was in the house at the time, and the car stopped like two feet away from where she was sitting. so she was pretty lucky. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. lower prescription costs and a historic national fight against climate change. senate democrats finally pass the landmark legislation that they have chased for more than a year. it took months of negotiations an exhaustive all-nighter of whirlwind votes to reach a 50-50 split along party lines. vice president kamala harris then cast the deciding vote. the yeaj s are 50, the nays
we do expect their gaveling in as we speak and we do expect to see them at some point in the next many hours to move forward with this democrat s climate and tax and health care bill. we ll see them gavel in and then there will be a vote on a nomination, to get all of the senators here. behind the scenes, because democrats are using this very specific budget process that required all 50 of the democratic senators support but has to go through the senate parliamentarian to make sure it meets the rules and could pass muster to be included in this bill. so the parliamentarian is continuing to rule on this as we speak. she s making her way through yowl of these provisions. just earlier today, we learned that the bulk of what they wanted with medicare being able to negotiate drug prices for the first time is remaining in the bill. the parliamentarian did strike a smaller provision on caps for medicine and the private sector that democrats wanted to put a cap on medication, that t
As this will get passed in the senate and soon to the house. manu, let me interrupt you now. let s listen to chuck schumer. creates millions of good paying jobs and is the boldest climate package in u.s. history. this bill will kick start the era of affordable clean energy in america. it s a game-changer. it s a turning point. and it s been a long time in coming. to americans who have lost faith that congress can do big things, this bill is for you. to seniors who face the indignity of rationing medications or skipping them all together, this bill is for you. and to the tens of millions of young americans who have spent years marching, rallying, demanding that congress act on climate change, this bill is for you. the time has come to pass this