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How they voted: Inflation Reduction Act votes by Nebraska, Iowa representatives
(WOWT) – Right here’s how the Congressional delegation from Nebraska and Iowa voted on the Inflation Discount Act on Friday.
- 2nd Dist. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb.: NO
- 1st Dist. Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb.: NO
- third Dist. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb.: NO
- third Dist. Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa: YES
- 4th Dist. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa: NO
The invoice, HR-5376, handed 220-207 alongside celebration traces.
The GOP has stated the invoice would increase taxes on lower- and middle-income households. An evaluation by the Congressional nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, which didn’t embrace the invoice’s tax breaks for well being care and power, estimated that the company tax boosts would marginally have an effect on these taxpayers however not directly, partly because of decrease inventory costs and wages.
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The invoice got here again to the Home after the senate handed it Sunday — with out the proposal including a worth cap of $35 for insulin that will have broadened the cap to incorporate many extra sufferers. Even with seven Republican senators crossing celebration traces in that vote, it was nonetheless three in need of the quantity wanted to advance.
The copay nonetheless applies to Medicare recipients ages 65 and older.
Right here’s how Nebraska and Iowa voted on Senate Modification 5385:
- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.: YES
- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.: YES
- Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa: YES
- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa: YES
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NBC Information and The Related Press contributed to this report.
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