this afternoon, vice president, kamala harris cast the tie breaking vote in the evenings senate for the inflation reduction act. it now heads to the house, which returns to its summer recess on friday. if passed, the i.r.a. would invest 369 billion dollars to help save our planet from climate change. it would also help ease inflation lower prescription drug costs collect taxes from corporations and reduce the deficit. here s senate majority leader, chuck schumer, on the passing of legislation. this bill will kickstart the era of affordable clean energy in america. it is a game-changer. it is a turning point. it has been a long time coming. to americans who have lost faith that congress can do big things? this bill is for you. two seniors who face the indignity of rushing medications or skipping them altogether, this bill is for you. no senate republican voted in favor of this bill but, gop senators to block one big key provision a cap on insulin costs at $35 a month for p
political pawn. let s be human beings and let s get this human being home to her family. those are the kind of things that history has shown often that a diverse group of clergy can sometimes. do what we re saying to the white house, we are willing. we have 800 people that are willing. you ve seen reverend al sharpton, he s called for more voicing the same thing. he said we will join. to we have a chorus of. that it connects even to our religious figures in russia and around the world to say the same thing. many times thankfully lawmakers have been able to political leaders can t do because they are bound by the politics. we are only bound by love. reverend william, always great to see you. the next, the latest political stunt from texas, governor greg abbott. fearmongering by conservatives, new reporting from paola ramos.
their seats and potentially lose. so as we get closer to the election, the discipline within the republican party i think is going to be stronger, not weaker. keeping it in perspective, we are just talking about one republican. it would take democrats to get the ball rolling on impeachment, and right now it doesn t seem like that s a direction the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, wants to go. even as we re seeing amash join the kours chorus of? other democrats demanding impeachment, is it fair to say that that s a longshot if the speaker of the house doesn t want to go there? look, let s remember where we ve been. we had the testimony of the former deputy attorney general sally yates that basically pointed to obstruction of justice. we had the testimony of the former fbi director comey that pointed to obstruction of justice. we ve had testimony from the former trump lawyer mr. cohen who s now in jail pointing to obstruction of justice. we ve had the conflicting stories of member
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the vote on the declaration of war in the senate was unanimous and in the house of representatives it was 388 in favor, one opposed. the one vote against war was cast by jeannette rankin of montana. when she tried to gain recognition to speak on the house floor, speaker rayburn refused and declared her out of order. the associated press said that her vote against the war was met with a chorus of, quote, hiss and boos. when she left the chamber, the scene was chaotic. she had to hide in a phone booth to avoid spectators who condemned her vote and was finally escorted to her office bit capitol police. she publicly explained her vote by saying, as a woman i can t go to war, and i refuse to send anybody else. privately, she told friends, i have nothing left but my integrity. her brother sent her a telegram saying montana is 100% against you.