House Passes Huge Spending and Tax Bill

On a party-line vote, the House narrowly passed a $737 billion measure Friday to dramatically expand green energy subsidies and health care programs while nearly doubling the size of the Internal Revenue Service.

As Republicans decried the inclusion of about $740 billion in new tax revenues, the bill that Democrats dub the Inflation Reduction Act cleared the House at 5:42 p.m. by a vote of 220-207 along party lines. 

Four Republicans didn’t vote: Jerry Carl of Alabama, Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, Greg Pence of Indiana, and Mike Rogers of Alabama.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced the results and said, “The motion is adopted,” spurring cheers from fellow Democrats, all of whom voted for the tax and spending package.