Biden Signs Historic Climate Change Bill Into Law
We ran the numbers: There are 1,831 news articles covering this topic. 58% (1,063) are left-leaning, 34% (625) are centrist, and 8% (143) are right-leaning.
President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, leading to a historical federal investment to fight climate change as well as lower drug prices. While left-leaning articles focus on the goals of the law, right-leaning articles focus on Biden’s critiques of the GOP.
AP News published a centrist article reporting on how the Inflation Reduction Act includes a historical $375 billion investment to fight climate change as well as a prescription drug cost cap at $2,000 out-of-pocket annually for Medicare recipients. New taxes on large companies and increased IRS enforcement of wealthy individuals will help to pay for the measure.
A left-leaning article from The Washington Post highlights how the act aims to lower inflation, decrease prescription drug costs, fight climate change, reduce the deficit, and impose a new tax on large corporations. Biden stated that “with this law, the American people won and the special interests lost” and pointed to how his administration began amid “a dark time in America” with the COVID pandemic, unemployment, and threats to democracy.
A right-leaning article from Fox News highlights how Biden slammed the GOP for voting against the bill. The article also notes how when Biden signed the bill into law he said that “today, today, offers further proof that the soul of America is vibrant. The future of America is bright, and the promise of America is real. And just beginning.”
From the left
Biden signs sweeping bill to tackle climate change, lower health-care costs
Washington Post