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Sinema signs on to climate and health care deal, moving it closer to passage

Published August 5, 2022 at 12:06 PM CDT
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., a centrist who was seen as the pivotal vote, said in a statement that she had agreed to changes in the measure's tax and energy provisions and was ready to “move forward” on the bill. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., a centrist who was seen as the pivotal vote, said in a statement that she had agreed to changes in the measure's tax and energy provisions and was ready to “move forward” on the bill. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd and Anthony Brooks discuss the latest in politics with Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram and Axios managing editor Margaret Talev, including the new unemployment numbers out Friday which indicate a hot labor market but also persistent inflation.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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