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Requires them only to have democratic support so they can pass this out of congress with just their democratic majorities, and that's exactly what happened. just a reminder to everyone a little bit what's in this. there's three different, some $369 billion in climate initiatives. there's also health care provisions in there. they're extending the affordable care act subsidies by three years. they're capping out-of-pocket medicare expenses at $2,000, and also allowing medicare for the first time to negotiate the price of certain drug prices. additionally there are tax provisions in there, namel...

Pass this out of congress with just their democratic majorities. that's exactly what happened. a reminder to everyone what's in this, there are three different planks, the climate plank, the largest investment in climate we've seen come out of this, $369 billion. they're capping out of pocket medicare expenses at $2,000. it's allowing medicare for the very first time to negotiate the price of certain drug prices. additionally there are tax provisions in there, namely among them a corporate minimum tax of 15% that's going to go toward -- that's going to be for the country's largest businesses. ...

Climate plank, the largest investment in climate we've ever seen come out of congress, some $369 billion in climate initiatives. there's also healthcare provisions in there. they're extending the affordable care act subsidies by three years. they're capping out of pocket medicare expenses at $2,000. it's allowing medicare for the very first time to negotiate the price of certain drug prices. additionally, there are tax provisions in there, namely among them, a corporate minimum tax of 15% that's going to be for the country's largest businesses. they will pay that 15% minimum tax, but again, la...

Threshold here. this is, by far, the largest initiative to help solve the climate crisis that any country has ever taken. and the amount of money is one thing, $369 billion is quite significant. but the way that it's deployed is also very significant, anderson. there are things in it that i wouldn't have preferred. but they're very minor compared to the huge benefits of the bill as a whole. >> the energy and climate modelers have said it could reach its goal. the bill could reach its goal of reducing u.s. carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030. can you give us a sense of where you th...

Requires them only to have democratic support so they can pass this out of congress with just their democratic majorities. that's exactly what happened. just a reminder to everyone a little bit what's in this. there's three different planks, climate plaipg, some $369 billion in climate initiatives, healthcare provisions in there, extending the affordable care act subsidies by three yores, capping out of pocket medicare expenses at $2,000 and also allowing medicare for the very first time to negotiate the price of certain drug prices. additionally there are tax provisions in there, namely among...