back better agenda to efforts to fight climate change, to attempt that filibuster reform, to taxing billionaires. joe manchin is made himself the man standing the democratic agenda yelling, stop. tonight may have just had a major breakthrough. the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer released a joint statement with senator manchin saying the west virginia democrat will now support, not oppose, but yes, support the democrats big new budget deal. despite objecting to it just two weeks ago. now, we don t have all the details yet. but a one page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas, including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other unnamed provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats have been trying to achieve for over a decade. increase clean energy product
democrats big new budget deal. despite objecting to it just two weeks ago. now, we don t have all the details yet. but he one page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas, including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other unnamed provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats have been trying to achieve for over a decade. increase clean energy production and, this is a big one, decreasing carbon emissions by 40% over the next eight years. which of course would be huge. it s already been called the biggest climate bill in american history. tonight, senator schumer s office has released the text of the bill. it clarkson at 725 pages. obviously this is not a done deal yet. reactions from other democratic members of congress have range from cautious optimism to outright fr
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nearly two years, the dow dropped nearly 1200 points, it came after target reported a huge 52% drop in profits for the first quarter, walmart slashed its outlooks. these stores are pocketing less money because they have to pay so much more to get product on their shelves. wal walmart s stock fell more than 11% on tuesday, the company s worst day since 1987. and then of course there are also gas prices to talk b now above $4 a gallon in every state in america for the first time ever. the national average this morning $4.52 a gallon and climbing and that ripple effect is now hitting markets around the globe. overnight european markets opening lower, stocks also tumbled in asia after wall street s hellish day. inflation fears now depressing investor sentiment, many ceos publicly stating their concerns about a possible recession, something fed chairman jerome powell is keenly aware of. what we need to see is inflation coming down in a clear and convincing way and we re goin
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