The house is designed to fulfill the climatic, tax and health package

While Republicans unanimously opposed the package, Democrats used a quick budget reconciliation process to steer the legislation through both chambers, as they did last year with a $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package. Completely alienated from the process, Republicans criticized the bill as doing little to address inflation and plans for tax increases and higher federal spending. (Many economists agree that modestly but not immediately.)

“I’m appalled that the majority chose to simply take it up again, leaving Senate Democrats with a ‘take it or leave it’ opportunity without an opportunity to provide input or amend the bill,” Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the House Rules Committee, said at a hearing Wednesday. “Just as not a single Republican voted for the last compromise bill, it should come as no surprise that not a single Republican voted for this bill,” he added.

Republicans have trained their anger in part on a plan to invest $80 billion in the Internal Revenue Service. Democrats say it will strengthen the historically underfunded agency and help crack down on wealthy tax evaders and corporations, but Republicans have labeled it a harsh attack on lower- and middle-class taxpayers. In response to criticism, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen, This week to ensure there is no improvement in audits for small businesses or households making less than $400,000.

Others joked that the full House would never come to vote on the legislation. As of Friday morning, House lawmakers filed the necessary paperwork to vote by proxy — which was established to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, citing.” as a reason for not being able to vote in person.

“This proxy ‘vote’ – mostly because of the lie involved (signing that it’s related to Covid) will result in tax increases, harmful energy regulations, funding for IRS agents to harass citizens and ‘big healthcare’ cronyism,” said Rep. Chip Roy, Republican of Texas. . .

The package will help the Biden administration meet its pledge to cut emissions in half by 2030, though scientists and climate activists warn that more congressional and executive action will be needed to reach that goal. It aims to use the tax code to encourage consumers and companies to buy and invest in electric vehicles, solar panels and other renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power.