Washington Week Ahead WEB
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- Washington Week Ahead WEB
- August 1, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Washington Week Ahead (TV) HEADLINE: Senate Democrats Move Forward Bill to Tackle Climate, Taxes, Healthcare, Inflation TEASER: Republican counterparts call plan “reckless spending and growth-killing regulation” PUBLISHED AT: 7/31/22 117p BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ ABC “This Week”/ WCHS/ KFSN SCRIPT EDITORS: sv SR VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ ABC “This Week”/ WCHS/ KFSN PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO __ TRT: 2:33 NOTE: PART NO ARCHIVE VID APPROVED BY: sv TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) [[INTRO: Senate Democrats last week made public the details of a broad bill that would address climate change, health care, inflation, and taxes. The announcement followed months of negotiations and infighting that seemed to derail major parts of U.S. President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. But as VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, the bill faces stiff Republican opposition in the Senate.]] ((VAR, FLOODING, VAR LOC, KY, AP/WCHS, 07/28)) ((mandatory cg WCHS)) ((NO ARCHIVE)) ((NARRATOR)) Climate scientists have for years pleaded with world leaders to do something – anything – about the far-reaching effects of climate change. ((BIDEN, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, AP/POOL, 07/28)) ((NARRATOR)) Pledging action was a cornerstone of U.S. President Joe Biden’s election campaign. Members of the president’s party coalesced late last week and announced the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that includes, among other provisions, the most ambitious climate agenda in the country’s history. [RADIO TRACK: Biden speaking at the White House on U.S. Network Pool as carried by the AP.] ((AP)) ((BIDEN)) “The bill will lower health care costs for millions of Americans, and it will be the most important investment – not hyperbole – the most important investment that we’ve ever made in our energy security and developing cost savings and jobs creating clean energy solutions for the future.” ((MANCHIN/SCHUMER, SENATE, WASHINGTON, AP/POOL, VAR DATES)) ((NARRATOR)) The announcement follows months of sometimes public disagreements between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin over what could and could not be in the bill. But last week, that all seemed to change. [RADIO TRACK: Senator Joe Manchin speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”] ((mandatory cg ABC “This Week”)) ((Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat)) “This is an inflation reduction act. We’re investing. We’re not spending money. We’re investing. We’ve taken a three-point-five-trillion-dollar aspirational bill that I never could come to an agreement on any way, shape or form, but I tried. ((I)) couldn’t get there. And we’ve taken three-point-five-trillion of spending down to 400-billion of investing without raising any taxes whatsoever.” ((ARCHIVE, VAR, OIL WELLS, PERMIAN BASIN, TX, AP, 10/2021)) ((NARRATOR)) The bill, which currently faces a procedural hurdle before a vote in the Senate, also addresses energy costs and independence. But Republicans remain wary of the Schumer/Manchin plan, much of which was negotiated in secrecy. [RADIO TRACK: Republican Senator Bill Cassidy speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”] ((mandatory cg ABC “This Week”)) ((Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican)) “Much of what he ((Manchin)) says is just not true. For example, they are raising taxes according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. Taxes will be raised almost 17-billion-dollars in the first year on those who are making less than 200-thousand dollars, and the percent of taxes raised, for individuals, increases over time for the middle class and the lower income. They’re raising taxes on people who make less than 10-thousand dollars.” ((ARCHVIE, VAR, HOSPITAL, LEBANON, NH, AP, 01/03/2022)) ((VAR, SMALL HOSPITAL, THOMASVILLE, AL, AP, 05/03)) ((NARRATOR)) Democrats refute that claim. They say the bill avoids new taxes on families earning less than 400-thousand-dollars a year while also lowering drug costs and bolstering the Affordable Care Act made law under Biden’s former boss, President Barack Obama. ((VAR, FIGHTING WILDFIRES, MARIPOSA COUNTY, CA, AP/KFSN, 07/27)) ((mandatory cg KFSN)) ((NO ARCHIVE)) ((NARRATOR)) The energy programs would involve a mix of clean energy and fossil fuels, the latter of great interest to Senator Manchin, who represents a coal-heavy state. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would require Democrats’ full support in this week’s upcoming vote, as Republicans appear unified in opposition to it. Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
- Transcript/Script ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Washington Week Ahead (TV) HEADLINE: Senate Democrats Move Forward Bill to Tackle Climate, Taxes, Healthcare, Inflation TEASER: Republican counterparts call plan “reckless spending and growth-killing regulation” PUBLISHED AT: 7/31/22 117p BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ ABC “This Week”/ WCHS/ KFSN SCRIPT EDITORS: sv SR VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ ABC “This Week”/ WCHS/ KFSN PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO __ TRT: 2:33 NOTE: PART NO ARCHIVE VID APPROVED BY: sv TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) [[INTRO: Senate Democrats last week made public the details of a broad bill that would address climate change, health care, inflation, and taxes. The announcement followed months of negotiations and infighting that seemed to derail major parts of U.S. President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. But as VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, the bill faces stiff Republican opposition in the Senate.]] ((VAR, FLOODING, VAR LOC, KY, AP/WCHS, 07/28)) ((mandatory cg WCHS)) ((NO ARCHIVE)) ((NARRATOR)) Climate scientists have for years pleaded with world leaders to do something – anything – about the far-reaching effects of climate change. ((BIDEN, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, AP/POOL, 07/28)) ((NARRATOR)) Pledging action was a cornerstone of U.S. President Joe Biden’s election campaign. Members of the president’s party coalesced late last week and announced the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that includes, among other provisions, the most ambitious climate agenda in the country’s history. [RADIO TRACK: Biden speaking at the White House on U.S. Network Pool as carried by the AP.] ((AP)) ((BIDEN)) “The bill will lower health care costs for millions of Americans, and it will be the most important investment – not hyperbole – the most important investment that we’ve ever made in our energy security and developing cost savings and jobs creating clean energy solutions for the future.” ((MANCHIN/SCHUMER, SENATE, WASHINGTON, AP/POOL, VAR DATES)) ((NARRATOR)) The announcement follows months of sometimes public disagreements between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin over what could and could not be in the bill. But last week, that all seemed to change. [RADIO TRACK: Senator Joe Manchin speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”] ((mandatory cg ABC “This Week”)) ((Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat)) “This is an inflation reduction act. We’re investing. We’re not spending money. We’re investing. We’ve taken a three-point-five-trillion-dollar aspirational bill that I never could come to an agreement on any way, shape or form, but I tried. ((I)) couldn’t get there. And we’ve taken three-point-five-trillion of spending down to 400-billion of investing without raising any taxes whatsoever.” ((ARCHIVE, VAR, OIL WELLS, PERMIAN BASIN, TX, AP, 10/2021)) ((NARRATOR)) The bill, which currently faces a procedural hurdle before a vote in the Senate, also addresses energy costs and independence. But Republicans remain wary of the Schumer/Manchin plan, much of which was negotiated in secrecy. [RADIO TRACK: Republican Senator Bill Cassidy speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”] ((mandatory cg ABC “This Week”)) ((Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican)) “Much of what he ((Manchin)) says is just not true. For example, they are raising taxes according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. Taxes will be raised almost 17-billion-dollars in the first year on those who are making less than 200-thousand dollars, and the percent of taxes raised, for individuals, increases over time for the middle class and the lower income. They’re raising taxes on people who make less than 10-thousand dollars.” ((ARCHVIE, VAR, HOSPITAL, LEBANON, NH, AP, 01/03/2022)) ((VAR, SMALL HOSPITAL, THOMASVILLE, AL, AP, 05/03)) ((NARRATOR)) Democrats refute that claim. They say the bill avoids new taxes on families earning less than 400-thousand-dollars a year while also lowering drug costs and bolstering the Affordable Care Act made law under Biden’s former boss, President Barack Obama. ((VAR, FIGHTING WILDFIRES, MARIPOSA COUNTY, CA, AP/KFSN, 07/27)) ((mandatory cg KFSN)) ((NO ARCHIVE)) ((NARRATOR)) The energy programs would involve a mix of clean energy and fossil fuels, the latter of great interest to Senator Manchin, who represents a coal-heavy state. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would require Democrats’ full support in this week’s upcoming vote, as Republicans appear unified in opposition to it. Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date August 1, 2022 06:02 EDT
- Byline Arash Arabasadi
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America