Wildfires across the western United States and Canada put millions of people under air quality alerts Sunday as thousands of firefighters battled the flames, including the largest wildfire in California this year. The so-called Park Fire had scorched more than 550 square miles (1,430 square kilometers) of land in inland Northern California as of Sunday morning, darkening the sky with smoke and haze and contributing to poor air quality in a large swath of the Northwestern US and western Canada. Although the sprawling blaze was only 12% contained as of…
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Who will win the battle to draft an Inflation Reduction Act?
[ad_1] President Biden and congressional Democrats won a major policy battle when Congress unanimously enacted the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) despite Republican opposition. But who will win the political battle? It will depend on who can best articulate this complex law. Will Democrats convince voters that the laws will reduce inflation, reduce health care costs, reduce the budget deficit, save the environment, and Raising taxes on large corporations? Or will Republicans convince voters that the new law is actually about funding IRS harassment of conscientious families? There is a kernel…