Success for US President Joe Biden: After a long dispute, Congress in Washington passed a package of laws for billions to be invested in climate protection and the social sector. After the Senate, the House of Representatives also approved the so-called Anti-Inflation Act on Friday. In both houses of parliament, all votes for the bill came from US President Joe Biden’s Democrats, while all votes against came from the ranks of Republicans.
After the vote, Biden announced that he would sign the law next week. On September 6, he will also hold a “celebration in honor of this historic legislation” at the White House. Biden had previously spoken of the largest US investment to date to combat climate change.
Biden’s original plans for climate protection and social reforms were among the core projects of his tenure. The current package is a compromise because of disputes within his party. It contains only a fraction of what the President once wanted to push through. Biden wrote on Twitter Friday night that the law “required a lot of compromises. This is almost always the case with important things.”
The fact that the law was passed at all is a remarkable victory for the president – hardly expected until recently. Biden has struggled with poor approval ratings for a long time. According to statistics from the Fivethirtyeight website, which brings together various surveys, only 40 percent are satisfied with their work, more than 55 percent are not. His stats have improved a bit lately.
Biden’s Democrats are still threatened with a serious defeat in November: In the congressional elections, the Republicans are expected to have a good chance of winning the majority in the House of Representatives. Then Biden, who is already causing problems for the dissenter in his own party, will have even more difficult time with proposed legislation.
The so-called Anti-Inflation Act that Congress has now passed is much broader than its name suggests. It includes the following aspects, among others:
