Democrats brushed aside monthslong divisions and passed their expansive social and environment bill Friday on a near party-line vote. Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says the bill includes far-reaching changes in taxation, health care, energy, climate change, family services, education and housing, that won’t be noticed right away. The measure now goes to the senate, where cost-cutting demands by moderate senator Joe Manchin and that chamber’s strict rules seem certain to force significant changes.
