WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats began pushing plans for providing paid family and medical leave, easing climate change and bolstering education through House committees Thursday as they battled Republicans and among themselves over President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion vision for reshaping federal priorities.
Democrats controlling the House Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled new details of their push to wean power plants off climate-damaging fossil fuels. That included $150 billion in grants for utilities investing in cleaner energy sources plus millions of dollars in penalties for companies that don’t boost clean electricity output by at least 4% annually.
The same panel, which plans its votes next week, released its blueprint for retooling Medicare, Medicaid, children’s health insurance and the 2010 health care law. There were few surprises, but the proposals underscored Democrats’ intent to reinforce the very pillars of the nation’s health care system with new benefits, lower costs and expanded insurance coverage.
Five other committees worked on their slices of the 10-year proposal, early steps in what looms as a fraught autumn for Democrats hoping to enact a remarkable range of major policy changes. They face not only solid GOP opposition but internal divisions among progressives and moderates in a Congress they control so narrowly that they can afford only three House defections, none in the Senate.
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