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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Sinema gives her nod, and influence, to Democrats' big bill

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Sen. Joe Manchin sealed the deal reviving President Joe Biden’s big economic, health care and climate bill. But it was another Democratic senator, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who intently, quietly and deliberately shaped the final product.

Democrats pushed ahead Friday on an estimated $730 billion package that in many ways reflects Sinema's priorities and handiwork more than the other political figures who have played a key role in delivering on Biden's signature domestic policy agenda.

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