Senate parliamentarian gives green light to most of Democrats' drug pricing plan
Source: CNN
The Senate parliamentarian has signed off on key climate and health care provisions in the Democrats' major spending bill.
The rulings from Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber's non-partisan rule keeper, come before an expected vote Saturday afternoon to begin debate on the $739 billion climate, health care and tax package titled the "Inflation Reduction Act."
Democrats are using a fast-track process known as reconciliation to pass the bill through a simple majority vote. The Senate parliamentarian is responsible for issuing opinions on whether provisions meet conditions of the budget reconciliation rules.
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The Inflation Reduction Act sets out $369 billion for climate, much of which would go toward tax credits to prop up clean energy technologies. Consumer tax credits are included for Americans to make "home energy efficiency improvements" and for those who purchase electric vehicles.
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pwb
(12,472 posts)Some one to tell them no would have been nice. Oh well
maybe we'll get that
Now that the SC has proven itself to be every bit as political as the House and Senate its time to have someone to keep them between the constitutional rails.
Eliot Rosewater
(34,282 posts)summer_in_TX
(4,052 posts)The legislative piece lost is a relatively minor one, and I'm sure that Politico knows that.
IronLionZion
(50,848 posts)the rest of it is good like having Medicare negotiate prices