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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I must my Khaled, I cover the White House.

I'm Frank Gordonia, I cover the White House.

And a very, very warm welcome to a new member of our crew. Deepa Shiverham, she covers politics. Hey there, Dupa. Hi guys.

And I'm sure we are going to hear a lot more of you in the lead up to the midterms, but I'm so glad you're able to join us.

So y'all, this has been a very Newsy week and in true roundup fashion, we have a lot of political ground to cover today.

So let us dive right in and deeper you were covering some of this news last night.

And the Democrats big climate and health care bill known as the inflation reduction act.

Arizona Senator Kirsten Sinema announced Thursday night that she will move forward on the bill with her fellow Democrats.

And you know, that is a monumental deal because she was known as the last holdout.

So Dupa, you know, what did she say about her decision and, you know, where do things stand right now?

So Thursday night around 9 p.m. Sinema says she's ready to move forward with this bill after they remove some things and add some things.

So what's coming out is a part of the bill that narrowed the carried interest tax loophole, which would have changed how private equity income is taxed.

And what's getting added is more funding for drop resilience that Sinema asked for as well as this 1% exercise tax on stock buybacks.

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