The U.S. Senate has passed a bill to invest a total of $430 billion, or nearly 60 trillion yen in Japanese yen, to promote renewable energy for climate change countermeasures.
On the 7th, the US Senate will invest more than 430 billion dollars, or nearly 60 trillion yen in Japanese yen, to promote renewable energy for climate change countermeasures, while strengthening taxation on large companies as a financial resource. We voted on a bill that included
The vote was tied at 50 in favor and 50 against, so Vice President Harris, who also serves as Speaker of the Senate, voted and passed.
Initially, the Biden administration aimed to enact a bill worth 200 trillion yen in Japanese yen that included educational support in addition to climate change measures, but it ran into a deadlock due to conflicts between the ruling party and the Democratic Party.
The bill is expected to be passed by the House of Representatives, where the Democratic Party holds the majority, in the form of a significantly reduced scale and consensus within the party.
In the United States, elections and midterm elections such as the federal Congress will be held in the middle year of the November presidential election.
President Biden said in a statement that the bill was expected to be enacted before the midterm elections. I am emphasizing.