U.S. Senate passes Democratic bill on tax policy, health care, climate change

STORY: U.S. Senate passes Democratic bill on tax policy, health care, climate change DATELINE: Aug. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Senate voting on the bill 2. exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: U.S. Senate on Sunday approved the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care and climate change, which is scaled down from what President Joe Biden and many Democrats envisioned last year. The so-called Inflation Reduction Act cleared the evenly-divided upper chamber by a vote of 51 to 50 along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding to break the tie. No Republicans support the bill, but Democrats have been eager to push through their domestic policy ambitions before the mid-term elections. Democrats used a fast-track legislative process known as reconciliation, which allowed them to pass the measure without any support from Senate Republicans. The final vote came after hours of an amendment process that began Saturd