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U.S. Senate climate, drug bill estimated to cut 10-year deficit by $101.5 bln

Reuters · David Morgan · last updated

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A $430 billion drug pricing, energy and tax bill that Democrats hope to fast-track through the U.S. Senate would decrease the federal deficit by a net $101.5 billion over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday.