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By Our StaffAug 05, 2022
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Ali Velshi reports breaking news that Senator Kyrsten Sinema has agreed to support the "Inflation Reduction Act," the Democrats' climate, tax, health care and deficit reduction package, after her condition of eliminating a $14 billion tax increase on some wealthy hedge fund managers and private equity executives was met. The Senate will return to work on passing the bill on Saturday.
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