(Morning News) The US Senate Sunday (August 7) passed a bill aimed at responding to climate change, reducing drug prices, and increasing some company taxes.Victory, Democrats hope that this will help them keep their control over Congress in the mid -November election.
Reuters reported that the Senate passed a marathon -type 27 -hour weekend debate, and finally passed the total amount of 430 billion US dollars (about 59.42 billion yuan) with 51 votes with 51 votes on the boundary of the party.The reduction of the inflation bill, Vice President Harris voted for the key vote for breaking the draw.
The House of Representatives will vote on the 12th
Perlis, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said that the House of Representatives will quickly send to Biden to sign legislation as soon as possible.The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill on the 12th.
Biden issued a statement and welcomed the achievement after 18 months of arduous negotiations.Bayon said: "The bill requires a lot of compromises. It is almost all important things to do. The House of Representatives should pass the bill as soon as possible. I look forward to signing it as a law."Emissions promote consumers to turning green energy, while reducing the prices of prescription drugs for the elderly, and strengthening tax law enforcement of enterprises and wealthy people.
According to the bill, the United States will invest in the largest -scale investment in responding to the impact of global warming. The US $ 370 billion is used to promote the use of clean energy, encourage Americans to buy electric vehicles, and by 2030Gas emissions decreased by 40%.
The cost of negotiating drugs for the first time
The bill will also authorize the cost of negotiating certain drugs at the U.S. government and pharmaceutical companies to potentially reduce the price of drugs for the elderly in the United States, extending millions of millionsHuman medical insurance subsidies levy 15%of the minimum tax on the billions of dollars that are not currently paid for billions of dollars.
The bill will also increase 87,000 federal tax agents to further review individual and company tax declaration forms in order to arrest tax evaders and reduce the US long -term budget deficit by about 300 billion US dollars.
After the Senate passed the bill, the Democratic Senate leader Shu Mo said in the cheers and standing applause of the Democrats: "Senate is creating history."
Shu MoSaid, the new legislation includes "the biggest clean energy in American history," he said: "I want to tell those Americans who have lost confidence in the affairs of Congress. This bill is dedicated to you. This bill will change the future to change the futureFor decades, the United States. "
Bloomberg said that the tax and climate bill passed by the Senate on the 8th and the US $ 10 trillion supporting facilities seemed to be passed more than a year ago.In the process of Schumer's efforts with two gentle Democrats Manchin and Sneama and finalized the final version bill, the White House was not involved.But in any case, the passage of this bill still represents a major achievement in Biden's first term.
