The US Senate is about to pass Biden's plan on climate and health
After 18 months of negotiations and a marathon night, the US Senate appeared close to approving Joe Biden's grand plan on climate and health Sunday, delivering an interim victory for the president less than 100 days before a crucial election.
"I think it will pass," the Democratic president told reporters Sunday morning, referring to the more than $430 billion investment plan.
Democrats have a slim majority in the Senate and only need their votes to pass the text.
If approved, the bill returns to the Democratic-majority House of Representatives Friday, where it will be held in a final vote, before Joe Biden signs it into law.
The plan is the largest investment by the United States in the field of climate, amounting to 370 billion dollars, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030. It is the result of hard negotiations with the right wing of the Democratic Party.
Under this reform, an American citizen gets about $7,500 in tax credits when he buys an electric car.
And it gets 30% coverage when installing solar panels on its roof.
The project also aims to strengthen the protection of forests in the face of the intense fires ravaging the American West, the growth of which is attributed to global warming.
It will also grant multibillion-dollar tax breaks to the most polluting industries to help them transition in the energy field, a measure sharply criticized by the party's left wing, which acquiesced in support of the text for not being able to reach a better deal after months of negotiations.
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