There was the 2021 COVID aid package, known as the American Rescue Plan; the CHIPS Act, intended to boost American manufacturing of computer parts, the slowdown of which during the pandemic caused supply chain problems for automobiles; and, most recently, the Inflation Reduction Act. This last one contains the most ambitious measures ever taken by the U.S. government to fight climate change. Another part of that legislation capped prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare and limited insulin copays for them to $35 monthly.
“I think we showed that Democrats in the toughest of circumstances, a 50-50 Senate, showed that we are willing to sit down and move our country
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