House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said passing abandoned portions of the Build Back Better Act, as well as legislation to combat rising food and energy costs, would be a “top priority” if Democrats hold onto the House.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday said passing abandoned portions of the Build Back Better Act, as well as legislation to combat rising food and energy costs, would be a “top priority” if Democrats hold onto the House.While House Republicans have heralded the “Commitment to America” as their roadmap for the majority, Democrats have beena Republican majority's first bill would be to repeal $80 billion in funding to the Internal Revenue Service from the Inflation Reduction Act.
She listed several provisions of Build Back Better that didn't make it into the Inflation Reduction Act, including paid family and medical leave, an extension of the Child Tax Credit and universal pre-K, and measures to bring down the costs of child care, housing and home health care. She also pointed to two bills House Democrats passed aimed at combatting alleged price-gouging by oil companies and strengthening domestic food and biofuel production.
"Enacting them into law is a top priority for a Democratic Majority in the next Congress," she wrote.
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