随着参议院民主党人的推动一项重大的经济、健康和环境提案“他们所说的关于这个法案的大部分都不是真的，”参议员比尔·卡西迪说。，周日一口咬定。
“这可能会导致经济衰退，从而抑制通货膨胀，”卡西迪告诉美国广播公司“本周”节目主持人Jonathan Karl。“他们给经济带来了难以置信的不确定性。...我认为这将导致更严重的衰退。”
周三，参议院多数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)和西弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员乔·曼钦(Joe Manchin)经过几个月的谈判，宣布了《通货膨胀削减法案》(Inflation Reduction Act)。议员们表示，该法案将在未来10年内支付约3000亿美元的国债，并在能源和气候项目上投资约3700亿美元，收入来自增加企业税和加强国税局的执法。
该立法还将通过允许医疗保险谈判和扩大联邦医疗保健补贴来降低一些处方药的价格。
在“本周”节目中，卡西迪对这个提议有不同的看法。
“他们正在提高税收。根据[国会]联合税收委员会的说法，年收入低于20万美元的人的税收将在第一年增加近170亿美元，”他说，并引用了民主党人说的一项分析，该分析不包括节省成本的措施，如处方药措施。在“本周”周日早些时候的采访中，曼钦坚持他的议案中“没有增税”。
卡尔指出就在一揽子计划宣布之前，立法推动关键计算机芯片的国内生产包括卡西迪在内的17名共和党人投票通过了该法案。
代表路易斯安那州和卡西迪的共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪声称，这是对支持芯片法案的共和党立法者的侮辱，他们认为民主党的支出提案已经死亡。告诉政治"在我看来，我们被耍了"
“他说得对吗?”卡尔催促道。"你们被乔·曼钦和查克·舒默耍了吗?"
“舒默欺骗了美国人民，”卡西迪反驳道。
In this June 23, 2022, file photo, Sen. Bill Cassidy is shown in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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但他坚持支持该法案，该法案花费了2800亿美元中的520亿美元来促进半导体生产，认为在国内制造芯片的能力对美国的利益至关重要;现在，中国是这项技术的巨大出口国。
“这完全是为了国家安全，”卡西迪说。“我是一名中国鹰派。如果你对中国感到舒服...这个议案，也许你不会投赞成票。如果你像我一样是一个中国鹰派，如果你关心国家安全，天哪，你会支持这个法案。”
上周，共和党参议员在改变一项法案的方向后，也受到了倡导者的抨击，该法案旨在帮助服役期间暴露在有毒“燃烧坑”中的退伍军人。
喜剧演员乔恩·斯图尔特出现在周日的“本周”节目中，在一次单独的采访中，一直在大力游说该法案的通过他告诉卡尔，在6月和7月的投票之间，文本“没有任何变化”——但共和党参议员改变了他们的投票。
卡尔向卡西迪询问了这次交易。卡西迪坚持认为这是一个暂时的，官僚的拖延，并指责民主党人。
“法案会通过的，我坚决支持。我们必须对接触过这些化学物质的退伍军人进行袖手旁观检查。这是一个起草错误，”他说。“民主党人向共和党人承诺的4000亿美元的起草错误将通过投票修正。”
他指的是保守派所说的通过将预算中的资金转移到不相关的用途来释放已经用于退伍军人的现有资金的努力。
“但是，要明确的是，你确实在参议院投票赞成它目前的形式，”卡尔催促道。
“是的，我也会投票支持它的最终通过，”卡西迪说。
Democrats' health and climate deal 'may be disinflationary by causing a recession,' Sen. Cassidy argues
As Senate Democrats pusha major economic, health and environmental proposal, "much of what they're saying about this bill is just not true," Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., contended on Sunday.
"It may be disinflationary by causing a recession," Cassidy told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "They're interjecting an incredible amount of uncertainty into the economy. ... I think this is going to lead to a worse recession."
The Inflation Reduction Act was announced Wednesday after months of negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. The bill would pay down about $300 billion from the national debt and invest about $370 billion in energy and climate programs over the next 10 years, the lawmakers said, with revenue raised from increasing corporate taxes and enhancing IRS enforcement.
The legislation would also lower some prescription drug prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate and expand federal health care subsidies.
On "This Week," Cassidy took another view of the proposal.
"They are raising taxes. According to [Congress'] Joint Committee on Taxation, taxes will be raised almost $17 billion in the first year on those who are making less than $200,000," he said, citing an analysis that Democrats say excludes cost-saving measures, like those on prescription drugs. In an earlier interview on "This Week" Sunday,Manchin insistedthere is "not a tax increase" in his bill.
Karl noted thatjust prior to that package's announcement, legislationto boost domestic production of crucial computer chipspassed through the Senate with 17 Republican votes -- including Cassidy.
Republican Sen. John Kennedy, who represents Louisiana along with Cassidy, claimed this was a slight on the GOP lawmakers who backed the chip bill thinking Democrats' spending proposal was dead,telling Politico, "Looks to me like we got rinky-doo’d."
“Is he right?" Karl pressed. "Did you guys get hood-winked by Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer?”
"Schumer pulled a fast one on the American people," Cassidy countered.
But he stood by supporting the bill, which spends some $52 billion out of an overall $280 billion to promote semiconductor production, arguing the ability to manufacture the chips domestically is vital for U.S. interests; right now, China is an enormous exporter of the technology.
“This is all about national security,” Cassidy said. “I'm a China hawk. If you're comfortable with China ... this bill, maybe you don’t vote for. If you’re a China hawk like I am, if you’re about national security, by golly you support this bill.”
GOP senators also came under fire from advocates last week after changing course on a bill to help veterans who were exposed to toxic "burn pits" during their service.
Comedian Jon Stewart, who appeared on "This Week" on Sunday in a separate interview,has been strongly lobbying for the bill’s passage, telling Karl that “nothing changed” in the text between votes in June and July -- but Republican senators changed their votes.
Karl questioned Cassidy about the switch. Cassidy maintained that it was a temporary, bureaucratic delay and blamed Democrats.
“The bill will pass, and I strongly support it. We have to stand by our veterans who have been exposed to these chemicals. There was a drafting error,” he said. “A $400 billion drafting error that Democrats promised Republicans would get a vote on an amendment to fix."
He was referring to what conservatives called an effort to free up existing funds already being used for veterans by shuffling the money inside the budget to use for unrelated purposes.
“But, to be clear, you did vote for it in its current form in the Senate,” Karl pressed.
“Yes, and I'll vote for its final passage, too,” Cassidy said.
