On August 7th, after an all-night session, the U.S. Senate passed major climate, health care and tax legislation called the Inflation Reduction Act. During the session, legislators voted on dozens of proposed amendments in a process known as “vote-o-rama.”
The three former officials called the bill ‘the most significant piece of climate legislation in United States history.’
Eighty-eight Republicans voted against the compromise to expand health care coverage for more than 3.5 million veterans.
Since the conservative majority in the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, President Biden stated that the court’s decision was not driven by the Constitution or the history of protecting women at the time when they were dying from unsafe abortions. He expressed the importance of the American people voting for two additional pro-choice senators and a pro-choice House to codify Roe as federal law.
Move over “Morbius,” there’s a new movie meme on TikTok, and it’s sending young men and high schoolers in droves to the theaters.
The Senate bill passed on Tuesday would expand health care coverage for more than 3.5 million veterans.
As many as 2.5 million veterans may have been exposed to burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
President Joe Biden acknowledged that the potential decision in Dobbs would have consequences for other civil and human rights issues.