Inflation Reduction Act passes the Senate

[dutchgirl678]

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted here at all in the past week. The Democrats in the Senate have accomplished an amazing feat by passing this piece of legislation as a reconciliation bill, the only way to do this with a 50-50 Senate. After pulling an all-nighter this weekend to vote on a long list of amendments (including several from Sen Sanders who was the only one to vote in favor of his, super helpful), VP Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaker vote. The bill represents the largest climate investment in US history and for the first time gives Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices.

www.cnn.com/2022/08/07/politics/senate-democrats-climate-health-care-bill-vote/index.html

[pixy0stix]

I saw it but didn't post because it still needs to go through the House.

[shauni27]

Aug 8, 2022 11:25:42 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I saw it but didn't post because it still needs to go through the House.

on NPR they reported that they expect it to pass. 

[picksthemusic]

Looks like the insulin cap didn't pass, though. 43 nays, all Rs. Assholes.

[TR]

Aug 8, 2022 12:42:15 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Looks like the insulin cap didn't pass, though. 43 nays, all Rs. Assholes.

I thought it passed for Medicare, but not private insurance. Still assholes.

[seeyalater52]

I was going to post but I was just too sad. I can’t believe they left Medicaid expansion out of the package. I mean, I can, because it is just like Democrats to abandon poor people of color in the south while propping up affordability of private insurance for the middle class. But fuck.

Shoutout to Sen Warnock for his failed effort to redeem the party during vote a rama. We do not deserve him.

[seeyalater52]

Aug 8, 2022 12:59:25 GMT -5 TR said:

Aug 8, 2022 12:42:15 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Looks like the insulin cap didn't pass, though. 43 nays, all Rs. Assholes.

I thought it passed for Medicare, but not private insurance. Still assholes.

Correct. Parliamentarian ruled it out for private market plans for procedural reasons (not permissible per reconciliation rules, would require 60 votes to pass and they fell short by just a few.)

[minzy]

Two different takes on the climate portion (summary mine):

Thank god they finally fucking did something:
apple.news/Av3m43O7YQT2J0P9uzdCOiw

It’s not nearly enough and solidifies more harm:
amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/09/us-climate-bill-fossil-fuel-harm-environment-biden

[dutchgirl678]

Update: The Inflation Reduction Act also passed the House today.