The Senate majority leader managed to resurrect and pass a signature climate change and health care deal with help from Republican missteps.
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Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate
The Senate bill avoided the political pitfalls of past legislative attempts by offering only incentives to cut climate pollution, not taxes.
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Republicans force the removal of a measure that would cap insulin prices at $35 for private insurers.
The cap for private insurers was widely viewed as a violation of the strict budgetary rules that govern the reconciliation process Democrats are using to fast-track the package.
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Biden Is Now an Uneasy Champion on Abortion. Activists Are Still Wary.
A practicing Catholic, President Biden has long sought a middle ground on abortion. But activists see the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as a sign that Democrats have tiptoed too carefully around the issue.