House Democrats on Friday morning passed a more than $2 trillion bill to overhaul the country’s health care, climate, education and tax laws, moving beyond months of disputes between liberals and moderates that have stalled President Biden’s economic agenda.
A guide to all the ways the House spending bill would affect America
Climate, taxes, immigration and other major provisions in the spending bill, explained
But the bill omits many of Democrats’ top priorities, a reflection of the party’s difficult work to scale back a package once valued at $3.5 trillion. It now moves to the Senate, where it may face further cuts.
What follows is a guide to the legislation, one of the most significant overhauls of domestic policy in generations.
What is in the Build Back
Better Act
House Democrats’ $2.4T plan for health care, climate, education and immigration
Affordable child
care $270 billion
Child tax
credit $190B
Clean energy and
climate resilience
$235B
Climate-related
tax breaks $325B
Paid family and
medical leave $205B
Universal
pre-K
$110B
Raise state and local tax
deduction cap $275B
Affordable
housing $175B
Immigration reform $110B
ACA health
insurance
premiums
$120B
Home- and
community-
based services
$150B
Other $260B
Note: Other includes spending on higher education,
the workforce, Medicare hearing and tax changes,
as well as other spending
Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
ALYSSA FOWERS/THE WASHINGTON POST
What is in the Build Back Better Act
House Democrats’ $2.4 trillion plan for health care, climate, education and immigration
Affordable child
care $270 billion
Child tax
credit $190B
Clean energy and
climate resilience
$235B
Climate-related
tax breaks $325B
Paid family and
medical leave $205B
Universal
pre-K
$110B
Raise state and local tax
deduction cap $275B
Affordable housing $175B
Immigration reform $110B
ACA health
insurance
premiums
$120B
Home- and
community-
based services
$150B
Other $260B
Note: Other includes spending on higher education, the
workforce, Medicare hearing and tax changes, as well as
other spending
Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
ALYSSA FOWERS/THE WASHINGTON POST
What is in the Build Back Better Act
House Democrats’ $2.4 trillion plan to address health care, climate, education and immigration
Affordable child care
$270 billion
Child tax credit
$190B
Clean energy and climate resilience
$235B
Climate-related tax breaks
$325B
Paid family and medical leave
$205B
Universal
pre-kindergarten
$110B
Raise state and local tax deduction cap
$275B
Affordable housing
$175B
Immigration
reform
$110B
Affordable Care Act
premium tax credits
$120B
Medicaid home- and
community-based services
$150B
Other
$260B
Note: Other includes spending on higher education, the workforce, Medicare hearing and tax changes,
as well as other spending
Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
ALYSSA FOWERS/THE WASHINGTON POST