15% minimum tax on large corporations. joe biden says at the end of the day, it is a win for the everyday americans. it s a game changer for ordinary folks. some of it won t kick in for a little bit, but it s all good. [ inaudible ] so will this streak of legislative wins help set the stage for a political rebound for democrats in november? victories, though, in washington rarely translate into success at the ballot box. just ask former president barack obama after he passed sweeping health care and financial reform packages, and still lost democratic control of congress. but will this time be different? things change pretty rapidly. joining me now from capitol hill are my guests. so, sahill, what s the word? well, it s been such a roller coaster journey for this piece of legislation over the last 18 months, it s had more deaths and resurrections. it got over the senate with a 50-50 vote broken by vice president kamala harris. after three dozen amendments were voted on,
sitting. so she was pretty lucky. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. lower prescription costs, an historic national fight against climate change. senate democrats pass a scaled back version of the landmark legislation they ve chased for more than a year. it tooks months of negotiations and an exhaustive all nighter of whirl wind votes to reach a 50-50 split along party lines. vice president kamala harris then cast the deciding vote. the yeaj 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. [ applause ] cnn s melanie skin oh na is on capitol hill. reporter: if there was going to be any hurdle, it was going to be house moderates in the democratic party. but we have actually already heard this evening from two key house democrats, mikie sherrill, and josh gottheimer, that they are indeed going to support this package even though it doesn t contain s
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
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. at this hour, two former lawyers for donald trump are facing the subpoena power of georgia s special grand jury looking into trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. right now, rudy giuliani is testifying before that grand jury after learning he is the target of their investigation. in the meantime, conservative lawyer john eastman is trying to avoid the grand jury. he has a hearing right now in new mexico to fight that subpoena. both men along with other trump advisers who have been summoned echoed election fallacies that trump votes were somehow stolen. cnn s sara murray is outside the fulton courthouse where giuliani has been, what is it, six hours now? reporter: he s been back there for a while. 9:00 a.m. is when they got rolling. before he went in, his attorney was pretty clear that if these prosecutors thought they were going to ask rudy giuliani anything about his conversation
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