.tedcruz blasts Dems for pushing 'terrible' spending bill, 'lying' to Americans
The marathon session includes votes on dozens of amendments to the bill, proposed mainly by Republicans. that senators had been up all night and were still in the middle of voting when he joined her on the program. Republicans' first tranche of amendments included provisions on energy, climate, the IRS, and more. Democrats appear prepared to vote down those Republican amendments, even if they support them, to prevent Republicans from injecting poison pills into the legislation.
The vote-a-rama caps more than a year of reconciliation negotiations by Democrats, who initially tried to advance"Build Back Better" bill worth more than $3 trillion last year. The new version of the bill, called the"Inflation Reduction Act," is significantly scaled back from that.
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