harris announcing the passage of the inflation reduction act which is a $750 billion tax and climate bill that will likely define biden s legacy. the democratically controlled house is expected to take up this legislation on friday and must approve the bill before it reaches the president s desk. it has been a good week for biden. in the word of his predecessor he s been doing a lot of wing and that has democrats energized about the upcoming mid terms. reporter: democrats are on the verge of a massive victory with less than 100 days before the mid-term elections. the senate voted on sunday along party lines to approve a sweeping economic package, and this vote came after a marathon voting session that began saturday evening and lasted into the next day. and this bill includes a number of key democratic priorities. it includes a historic investment of nearly $370 billion for the climate. it would allow medicare to negotiate drug prices. it would extend expiring obamacare hea
finland, the first major federal gun safety legislation passed in decades, bipartisan, it includes incentivizing red flag laws, closes the boyfriend loophole and funds crisis intervention programs including mental health courts. and tomorrow president biden is expected to sign the bipartisan chips and science act boosting u.s. semi-conductor production and the making of cars, household appliances and computers. also this week he is expected to sign a bipartisan bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. let s get right to capitol hill where they were up all night saturday into sunday, a marathon session, but the senate did pass the inflation reduction act. jessica dean is there. jessica, what is in this big piece of legislation? reporter: good morning to both of you. yeah, this is a big, big win for senate democrats who frankly, john and brianna, they didn t know that they were going to get to this point. this alm
string of legislative success for the biden white house. so will it push midterm voters to the polls? and are celebrity candidates including mehmet oz threatening mitch mcconnell s hopes to retake the senate. the january 6th committee confirming it is requesting a trove of alex jones text messages sent at trial. and what actress anne heche said on her podcast before crashing her car into a home, causing it to burst into flames. all right. i m just going to keep going here. democrats in array, a string of legislative success, much of it bipartisan has the white house hoping it is gaining momentum heading into the midterms. the inflation reduction act, it passed the senate and now heads to the house for a vote as early as friday. this represents the largest investment to combat the climate crisis in u.s. history, $369 billion. major health care provisions include allowing medicare to negotiate the prices of some drugs, something that will take a few years to kick in,
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debating the idea of allowing medicare to negotiate for prescription drug price, but it will mean millions of americans can actually access those prescriptions they need at lower costs. we ve been trying for decades to address the climate crisis in the way we need. what that means for families is lower energy costs, lower utility bills. this bill now heads to the house of representatives. president joe biden could sign it into law as early as friday. we will have much more on the impact of this proposed legislation in just a moment. hugely consequential weekend. president biden and the first lady headed to kentucky this morning. the two are expected to visit flood-ravaged parts of the state. they will speak with families devastated by these storms. we know at least 37 people were killed after heavy rain led to widespread flooding last week. rescue workers continue to search for the missing. let s begin, though, this morning with president biden s major legislative win.