Democrats in Congress passed the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ over the weekend, a massive $700 billion package aimed at fighting climate change, expanding healthcare services, and raising taxes.

Senator Chuck Grassley blasted the legislation on his official website.

“Families across America are suffering from 40-year-high inflation, fueled by a partisan anti-energy, anti-growth tax-and-spend agenda. Democrats ignored their own economists when they spent $1.9 trillion to get us in this mess.  Now they’re ignoring independent analyses warning that this bill is going to cause even more pain. This partisan bill, written behind closed doors without any input from Republicans, will raise taxes, cut jobs, kill cures and fuel inflation – all at the worst possible time. The American people have endured enough,” Grassley said.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the bill as the “boldest climate package” in US history.

“It’s been a long time in coming,” he said.

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