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Democrats secure breakthrough with Kyrsten Sinema on climate bill

The Guardian · Guardian staff · last updated

Senate Democratic leaders say they have reached an agreement on the party’s major climate and economic bill with Kyrsten Sinema – the centrist Democrat whose opposition remained a major hurdle to passing the most ambitious US climate legislation yet.

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