Biden comments add momentum to spending bill's climate measures
President Biden's remarks at a Wednesday press conference are giving momentum to the climate portions of his spending agenda, as lawmakers call for Congress to pass the parts of the Build Back Better legislation that are achievable.
Biden expressed confidence that lawmakers can pass upwards of $500 billion in energy and environmental spending - a number close to the amount the White House proposed spending on climate and clean energy in October.
And after months of negotiations, weary lawmakers are now pushing to get climate action across the finish line.
"The climate and clean energy provisions in Build Back Better have been largely worked through and financed, so let's start there and add any of the other important provisions to support working families that can meet the 50-vote threshold," Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said in a statement.
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