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By: Kelsey Snell; NPR The House votes Friday to give final congressional approval to a package of climate, health care and tax measures that Democrats have been negotiating for over a year. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The House voted today to give final passage to the Inflation Reduction Act. The roughly $700 billion legislation cleared Congress without a single Republican vote

By: Alexander Ward; Politico FIRST IN NATSEC DAILY –– Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) fears for Brazil’s democracy as it heads into a raucous presidential election in October, and he wants the U.S. Senate to officially stand on the side of voters — regardless of who they choose. Former President LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA leads President JAIR BOLSONARO by about 7 percentage points, according to the latest polls.

By: Paul Heintz, VT Digger In the end, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., voted yes. For a week, as Senate Democrats had cheered the deal they reached with their most conservative member, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to advance elements of their agenda, Sanders criticized it as failing to deliver for those who needed it most.  “This bill turns its back on you,” he

By: Merdie Nzanga; USA Today WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized his party’s Inflation Reduction Act, saying it does not do enough to fight inflation. “The so-called Inflation Reduction Act that we are debating this evening, and I say so-called by the way, because according to the CBO and other economic organizations that have studied this bill, it will, in fact, have

By: Tony Romm; Washington Post The Vermont senator wanted Democrats to seek significant changes to the economy. ‘Does this bill do that? No,’ he said. ‘Might it be better than nothing? Yes.’ Bernie Sanders was jubilant. It was July 2021, and the Vermont senator had just helped finalize a $3.5 trillion blueprint to overhaul the country’s health-care, education, climate, immigration and

By: Kathryn Field, VT Digger U.S. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., delivered a highly critical speech on the Senate floor Tuesday about the deal Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., struck last week with Democratic leadership to advance portions of the party’s agenda.  The legislation, called the Inflation Reduction Act, would make the country’s greatest investment yet in fighting climate change, extend health insurance