The greenhouse clause of the "Better Rebuild Act" has always been the focus, but the Democratic Party has incorporated dozens of inconspicuous measures and special benefits into the $1.85 trillion bill.

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Washington-This includes $4.1 billion in tax deductions for people who buy electric bicycles, $2.5 billion in tax deductions for "tree rights", and another $2.5 billion to help "emergency expense" lawyers recover their expenses, and Provide long-sought tax relief for recording producers.

The Democratic Social Safety Net and the large-scale projects in the climate change bill—such as universal preschools, childcare subsidies, and prescription drug price controls—have attracted most public attention. But when a nearly $2 trillion piece of legislation passed Congress, it provided legislators with ample opportunities to solve any number of niche issues-lobbyists and industry had enough space in thousands of pages of text Win the long-sought victory.

This is the case with the "Better Rebuild Act", which can help various special interest groups and Democratic allies that have been waiting for years.

"I welcome attention. I don't think these are marginal, niche issues," said Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Democrat of Oregon, who unreservedly praised a clause he cherished: helping consumption Tax incentives for consumers to purchase electric bicycles or electric bicycles.

So far, President Biden and major Democrats have publicly supported the bill with the largest votes and most ambitious projects. Majority leader and Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland said on Tuesday that he expects to vote on the measure before Friday, but it may be postponed to Saturday.

New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, chairman of the Democratic campaign body of the House of Representatives, called it "the most important investment for our families and people since the New Deal."

Opponents of the Republican Party are also focusing on broader issues: the role of the government, the impact of tax increases on the economy, and the potential inflationary impact of more government spending.

This allows legislators more freedom to obtain clauses that largely avoid review. California Democratic Representative Jimmy Panetta (Jimmy Panetta), another supporter of electric bicycle subsidies, said that the tax planning committee drafted part of the bill, stipulating one by one, no one opposed the electric bicycle measure, which will cover 30 The percentage of the cost is as high as $900, as he said, "put your butt on the bike."

"Once you go out, once you start talking about the benefits, once you talk to people who have tried e-bikes, they will accept it and want it," he said. He added that putting money into the bill was "easier than I expected."

This pride in authorship seems to have been widely recognized. Many obscure terms may be the object of ridicule, but the Democrats did not shy away from their work. Every niche project has a constituency that regards it as its core.

For example, a Senate Republican memo specifically pointed to a $50 million pilot program that was included in the broader family health care section to promote the use of midwives. The only priority for professionals is to support and guide mothers in childbirth. Doulas-the word means "servant" in Greek-usually lacks formal obstetric training and provides care such as massage and other touch therapies, rather than medical services. In the United States, only a small percentage of pregnant women use them.

But some Democratic-led states have taken action to expand access to these services, including New York, which has started a pilot program to expand Medicaid’s coverage of Doula’s services. The Democrats who received doula funding in the huge social policy bill did not shy away from their responsibility for it. Alma Adams, a Democratic Rep. of North Carolina and co-chair of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, said the Doula regulations are just one of the few regulations she helps ensure.

Representative Robin Kelly, Democrat of Illinois, said that the rate of black women dying in childbirth is four times that of white women, and that Doula assistance is necessary.

"In the United States, too many mothers have died, and Doula has the cultural ability to support mothers before, during and after childbirth," Ms. Kelly said. She said Doulas is "a supporter of delivery mothers."

Mr. Blumenauer is particularly proud of a US$1.9 billion grant to avoid the demise of the local news media. The grant will provide local newspapers and broadcasters with a 50% payroll tax credit, up to a maximum of US$50,000 in the first year , 30% in the first year. The salary of each employee in the second year. It is not limited to small exports; “qualified publications” must “serve the local community by providing local news”, but the credit limit is 1,500 employees per quarter.

"The collapse of local journalism has had serious consequences for our governance capabilities," said Mr. Blumenauer, a senior member of the tax fundraising committee, referring to anti-Muslim and other offensive statements made by Republican trucks. The driver who defeated the president of the New Jersey Senate this month-but after the election, the news media revealed.

"The local media did not even have the opportunity to provide basic information about the candidates," Mr Blumenauer said. "If he hadn't censored at all, that guy would never be selected."

Some of the measures contained in the bill have been shelved for many years. In 2007, Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, drafted legislation to allow lawyers who work in emergency mode—they can only be paid if they win the case—to deal with expenses when the case arises. Perform tax write-offs. At present, such expenses can only be claimed after the judgment of the case.

Since the enactment of the measure, Mr. Spector changed the party, was defeated and then died, but his job has found an opportunity. According to data from the Joint Taxation Committee on Nonpartisan Tax Policy Adjudicators in Congress, this change will save trial lawyers a lot of money-2.5 billion U.S. dollars.

Carly Moore Sfregola, a spokesperson for the American Judicial Association, a lobby group for trial lawyers, said: "Until the case is resolved, lawyers who work on a contingency basis cannot deduct their expenses. This may It's a few years after the expense is incurred." "Emergency expense arrangements are the only way ordinary people can afford to seek justice."

The core of Biden's domestic agenda. The huge $2.2 trillion spending bill aims to tackle climate change, expand healthcare, and strengthen social safety nets. Here are some key terms and their impact on you:

Childcare. The proposal will provide universal preschool for all 3 and 4 year olds and provide childcare subsidies for many families. The bill also extends the expanded parent tax credit to 2022.

Paid vacation. The proposal will provide workers with four weeks of paid home leave and sick leave, which will allow the United States to withdraw from the only six countries in the world without any national paid leave. However, this rule is likely to be cancelled in the Senate.

health care. The health clause of the bill is the biggest step towards universal coverage since the Affordable Care Act. It will expand the coverage of children, make insurance more affordable for working-age adults, and improve Americans with disabilities and seniors. Medical insurance benefits.

Drug prices. The plan includes a clause that will allow the government for the first time to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs covered by Medicare.

climate change. The largest sum of the bill is US$555 billion for climate projects. The core of climate spending is to provide approximately US$320 billion in tax incentives for producers and purchasers of wind, solar, and nuclear energy.

tax. The plan calls for an increase of nearly $2 trillion in taxes on businesses and the wealthy. The bill also raised the upper limit that residents can deduct from state and local taxes, especially in high-tax blue states, and removed the so-called SALT ceiling.

Many measures have bipartisan origins. At the request of Nashville, Tennessee's conservative inflammatory Senator Marsha Blackburn (Marsha Blackburn) made an effort to include independent music producers in existing film, television, and live theater production tax relief.

Representative Linda T. Sánchez, a California Democrat, originally drafted the Helping Independent Tracks Succeed (HITS) bill at the beginning of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, but she was able to Bringing Mrs. Ron Estes, Republican of Kansas, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California.

Now, with the help of Ms. Sanchez, the bill and its $150,000 tax deduction for recording production costs have entered the Social Policy Act, and the Treasury Department will spend $35 million on this within 10 years.

Ms. Blackburn has no intention to vote for a larger bill, but she said that the bill is still "my baby." In a recent interview with Fox Business Network, she condemned the legislation and said: "The Socialist Democratic Party is trying to push all these socialist wish list items into the bill."

Other terms may be more affected by their names than their intent. Tree planting is widely accepted as a way to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, and a clause in the climate change section of the bill ensures that tree planting includes impoverished communities that may not be paying attention.

But because the Democrats use the buzzword "tree fairness" to describe it, Senate Republicans used the $2.5 billion in appropriations as one of the questionable "special funds for Democratic interests and allies" in a memo, as well as an impact on universities and the climate. Environmental justice tax credits. Justice block grant.

Republicans also condemned a $177 million tax credit to attract university donors to support infrastructure research, and Mr. Blumenauer said this provision should be praised, not ridiculed.

"Large research institutions are well-funded," he said. "For smaller universities, we are working hard to provide opportunities to build our own projects on infrastructure and provide greater flexibility by encouraging private donations."

So far, the most watched Republicans have kept their criticism at the highest level. Republican leader and California Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Kevin McCarthy) went to the House of Representatives and declared: "As far as the merits of the bill are concerned, this bill should be rejected. Fundamentally speaking, it is anti-worker, anti-family, anti-work, anti-work, anti-work, and anti-worker. Energy and anti-American."

But as its more obscure terms are exposed, the line of attack may change.

Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, previewed this message before the House Rules Committee last week when she condemned a bill that she said “to your political allies and Campaign donors provide rebates and you print a record amount, we don’t have to increase inflation."