Despite GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s eight-hour speech, the House passed Biden’s Build Back Better bill. Left- and right-wing media focused on the acrimony between Democrats and Republicans in the House. Summary House Democrats have passed a large supplemental spending bill including social and climate agenda items on a nearly strict bipartisan vote. According to the Congressional Budget Office, which “scores” the cost of legislation, the bill, dubbed by proponents “Build Back Better”, will add $367 billion to the national debt. …
