Climate Requests Big Winners in Biden’s $1.5 Trillion Budget Omnibus Bill

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Business Roundtables CEO Quarterly Meeting in Washington on March 21, 2022. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

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As President Joe Biden prepares to release his Fiscal Year 2023 budget request, a close look at last week’s $1.5 trillion omnibus bill shows how spending in the upcoming plan may be justified (or rationalized) by appeals to climate change.