Biden hails economic bill amid signs of broad Dem support

Jul 28, 2022 View Original Article
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    -12% Somewhat Liberal

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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"It would spend $369 billion on energy and climate change initiatives, what analysts and environmentalists called the largest federal investment ever on clean energy."
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16% Conservative
"The measure's phoenix-like rebirth came Wednesday, when Manchin unexpectedly agreed to add tax, energy and environment provisions to a plan he'd earlier said he wanted limited, for now, to prescription drug price curbs and health care assistance."
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6% Conservative
"The bill would create tax credits for low- and middle-income buyers of electric vehicles, plus grants and tax breaks to spur clean energy technology and reduce carbon emissions."
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4% Conservative
"President Joe Biden hailed a nascent Democratic package of climate, health care and tax initiatives as a giant step forward for the country Thursday as congressional leaders began nailing down votes for a campaign-season bill they've cast as a boon for voters struggling with inflation."
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6% Conservative
"(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2022."
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4% Conservative
"After Schumer briefed Democratic senators on the 725-page measure, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said lawmakers' reaction has been uniformly positive."
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4% Conservative
"After Schumer briefed Democratic senators on the 725-page measure, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said lawmakers' reaction has been uniformly positive."
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4% Conservative
"We're taking a giant step forward as a nation, Biden said at the White House."
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2% Conservative
"Loose ends remain in a 50-50 Senate where support from every Democrat -- plus Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote -- are needed to overcome unanimous Republican opposition that seems preordained."
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2% Conservative
"(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)President Joe Biden speaks about The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022."
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"President Joe Biden speaks about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022."
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-2% Liberal
"President Joe Biden speaks about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022."
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"I don't think there's anybody wildly pleased, said No. 2 House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland."
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-2% Liberal
"And he acknowledged that he wants the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which will deliver natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia, to be at the top of the heap under permitting procedures that Biden and congressional leaders have pledged to move through Congress this fall."
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-4% Liberal
"Even so, the surprise agreement moves Biden and Democrats to the edge of claiming victory on top priorities like addressing global warming and easing consumers' health care costs, and boosting levies on the affluent to pay for it."
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-8% Liberal
"The new bill lacks many of the party's initial goals including funds for a more generous child tax credit, paid family leave, expanded Medicare benefits and health care aid for poor families in the dozen states -- mostly Republican and in the South -- that refused to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law."
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-12% Liberal
"He said Democrats turned the dogs loose on him two weeks ago after he told Schumer that he wanted a measure limited to health care this month because of inflation fears."
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-16% Liberal
"Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., a leader of the centrist House Blue Dog Coalition, said she wouldn't yet comment on her views."
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-16% Liberal
"It's bigger than nothing, said Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., who with other progressives fought vainly last year against Manchin's efforts to trim the proposal."
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-16% Liberal
"He told reporters Thursday that his talks with Schumer had continued and disputed that he'd reversed himself."
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-18% Liberal
"Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., who last year joined Manchin in forcing cuts and changes in larger versions of the plan, declined to tell reporters her stance."
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-18% Liberal
"Sen. Joe Manchin aounced Wednesday, July 27, that he had reached an expansive agreement with Schumer which had eluded them for months on health care costs, energy and climate issues, taxing higher earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt."
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-20% Liberal
"With Republicans expected to win control of the House and perhaps the Senate too, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell, R-Ky., turned his fire on Democrats' measure."
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-22% Liberal
"Manchin aounced Wednesday, July 27, that he had reached an expansive agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer which had eluded them for months on health care costs, energy and climate issues, taxing higher earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt."
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-24% Liberal
"A day after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and conservative Sen. Joe Manchin stued Washington by resurrecting components of a compromise many thought dead, early signs were encouraging for the party."
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-24% Liberal
"Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., another of his party's more conservative lawmakers, called the bill's prescription drug provisions the most important piece of legislation we'll vote on in this Congress besides last fall's infrastructure measure."
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-26% Liberal
"And Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., and Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., suggested they could back the measure even though it lacks higher federal tax deductions for state and local taxes that they've championed in the past."
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-30% Liberal
"And Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., and Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., suggested they could back the measure even though it lacks higher federal tax deductions for state and local taxes that they've championed in the past."
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-30% Liberal
"He also described what he said he's endured during the past year, when he repeatedly forced Biden and top Democrats to whittle down what was initially a $3.5 trillion proposal."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : It would spend $369 billion on energy and climate change initiatives, what analysts and environmentalists called the largest federal investment ever on clean energy.
53% : The measure's phoenix-like rebirth came Wednesday, when Manchin unexpectedly agreed to add tax, energy and environment provisions to a plan he'd earlier said he wanted limited, for now, to prescription drug price curbs and health care assistance.
52% : The bill would create tax credits for low- and middle-income buyers of electric vehicles, plus grants and tax breaks to spur clean energy technology and reduce carbon emissions.

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