Victory for Biden as Senate Dems pass climate, tax, health care bill

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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President Biden is one step closer to a major legislative victory after the Senate passes the climate, tax, and health care bill. White House chief of staff Ron Klain joins to answer what is in the bill and will it actually ease the pain in Americans’ wallets. Plus, a community is on edge after four Muslim men are killed in ambush-style shootings. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Washington appears to be working even in August.
0:05.6	The lead starts right now.
0:07.7	President Joe Biden won step closer to a major legislative victory after the Senate passes
0:12.7	the climate and healthcare bill.
0:15.0	What's in the bill?
0:16.0	And will it actually ease the pain in Americans' wallets?
0:19.3	White House Chief of Staff Ron Claim joins us live.
0:23.3	And then, a community on edge, after four men are killed in ambush-style shootings.
0:28.4	They say all of the victims have one thing in common.
0:32.0	They're all Muslim and of South Asian descent.
0:34.8	One of them is brothers.
0:35.8	Take CNN through the crime scene.
0:38.0	Plus, she's the one that we wanted and treasured, seeing her actress and icon Olivia Newton-John
0:45.4	passes away.
0:46.4	Hello, and welcome to the lead.
0:53.2	I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper.
0:55.3	We begin this hour in our politics lead.
0:57.8	President Biden began his week on the cusp of a huge win for his party.
1:02.6	The Senate this weekend, in a marathon-voting session, passed the Democratic-branded
1:06.9	Enflation Reduction Act strictly along party lines.
1:11.2	Every single Republican voted against it.
1:13.7	The bill now heads to the House.
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