Kamala Harris Helps Climate, Energy, Health, Tax Bill Clear First Hurdle
In a divided Senate, Democrats voted Saturday to begin debating their election-year economic bill, clearing the first hurdle as it moves through the Congress on climate, energy, and health. Despite a mountain of amendments, united Democrats pushed the bill through the evenly divided chamber by 50-50, thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. A dwindled version of the earlier multitrillion-dollar measures, it has become a partisan battleground over inflation, gasoline prices, and other …