Sinema Endorses Biden Spending Bill - Will Other Changes Follow?
CNN reports. It would be funded by new corporate taxes, and Sinema came around after some of the tax provisions were adjusted.Sinema is the only out bisexual U.S.
senator but has disappointed many LGBTQ+ and liberal Americans by turning out to be one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate.
She and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia have often been the only Democratic senators failing to get behind certain progressive bills.Her endorsement of the Inflation Reduction Act means the Senate can probably pass it over the weekend and send it to the House, which has a Democratic majority.
The Senate is divided 50-50 between Democrats, including the two independents who caucus with them, and Republicans, with Vice President Kamala Harris holding the tie-breaking vote.There is one more thing that must happen before a Senate vote, however.
