U.S. Congress passes Democratic bill on tax, health care, climate


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U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care and climate change, a few days after the Senate approval. The bill, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, is scaled down from the massive "Build Back Better" package President Joe Biden and many Democrats envisioned last year. The bill cleared the lower chamber by a vote of 220 to 207 along party lines. On Sunday, the evenly-divided Senate approved the bill by a vote of 51 to 50 also along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding to break the tie. The bill now...