President Biden toured the devastation caused by massive floods in Kentucky, and thanked first responders for swift action, while blaming the disaster on climate change.
Senate Democrats on Sunday passed a sweeping spending package targeting health care and climate change, funded by a slew of new taxes targeting stock buybacks and corporations.
President Joe Biden's White House blamed climate change for exacerbating flooding in Kentucky on Monday. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will visit the state.
Democrats have eagerly lined up behind Sen. Joe Manchin's surprise climate change compromise, tucked inside the Inflation Reduction Act, despite warnings from some economic experts that the legislation would actually fuel inflation and burden the already gloomy economy.