The Third Elements of the Climate Change Bill

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This alone will not fulfil the omission goals that presint abiden has set out, but analyses have shown that it will help the united states slash greenhouse gas omissions by about forty %. Kearson cinima was opposed to a lot of the tax rate increases that democrats had wanted. She settled on a more complex change to the tax code that would impose a new 15 % corporate minimum tax on the profits company's to shareholders.

This weekend, Democrats passed legislation that would make historic investments to fight climate change and lower the cost of prescription drugs — paid for by raising taxes on businesses.

How did the party finally make progress on the bill, and what effects will it have?

Guest: Emily Cochrane, a Washington-based correspondent for The New York Times.

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