Republican senators teed off against Democrats’ $740 billion climate and tax spending package Wednesday, intensifying their campaign to derail the legislation as the lone Democratic holdout faced mounting pressure from both sides of the aisle.
Centrist Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is Republicans’ last hope to crash and burn the White House-backed Inflation Reduction Act, a measure that Democrats hope to pass along party lines in the coming days and focuses on climate, energy, health care and tax hikes.
But the Arizona lawmaker, whom Democrats need in the evenly divided Senate to give President Biden a major victory, isn’t tipping her hand.