Biden signs sweeping climate, health care, tax bill into law
The legislation has been a year in the making, with tense negotiations leading to a narrower spending package that focuses on climate investments and health care costs.
by Barbara Sprunt
Aug 16, 2022
3 minutes
President Biden signed Democrats' hallmark spending bill into law on Tuesday, a major legislative victory punctuating a string of bipartisan legislative achievements that Democrats hope to capitalize on ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
"The American people won, and the special interests lost," Biden said, noting that pharmaceutical companies had lobbied against measures to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare.
"Every single Republican in the Congress sided with the special interests in this vote," Biden said. "That's the
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