周三，民主党人绕场一周，庆祝《通货膨胀削减法案》签署一周年，他们希望这项立法能帮助他们在2024年赢得胜利。
在其他地方，前副总统迈克·彭斯击败了他的前老板和目前2024年初选的领先者——前总统唐纳德·特朗普——特朗普毫无根据地声称，选举欺诈使他在2020年赢得了佐治亚州的胜利。
以下是周三的小道消息。
周年纪念快乐
民主党人星期三聚集在白宫，宣传拜登总统签署降低通货膨胀法案成为法律一周年。
这场庆祝活动是对“拜登经济学”(Bidenomics)的更广泛突击的一部分，拜登经济学是民主党对白宫推动的经济政策的名称，民主党坚持认为该政策对改善家庭的财政健康负责。
在大会上，拜登将7400亿美元的气候、健康和税收法案称为有史以来“最重要的法律”之一。
“挑战特殊利益集团并取得胜利，”拜登说。“兑现长期以来对美国人民的承诺，降低家庭成本，特别是医疗保健成本;增强美国的能源安全;恢复税法的公平性;在美国创造高薪工作;并解决气候危机的潜在威胁。”
“拜登经济学立足于对国家最有利的东西，投资于美国，投资于美国人，”他补充说。“因为当我们投资于自己，当我们壮大中产阶级时，我们会看到更强劲的经济增长，让所有人受益。”
然而，并非所有人都在船上。
西弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员乔·曼钦(Joe Manchin)是该法案的设计师，他没有参加庆祝活动，而是批评了该法案的实施，因为他试图在红宝石色的西弗吉尼亚州可能出现的激烈连任努力之前将自己从党内分离出来。
“关于能源安全，与拜登政府中试图破坏这一目标的人相反，这项法律重新确立了高于一切的能源政策，并授权化石燃料和可再生能源的增长。如果按照设计实施，爱尔兰共和军将确保所有美国人在未来几年有更可靠和更负担得起的电力，”他在一份声明中说。
2020年选举继续分裂
周三，彭斯对特朗普声称三年前选举欺诈夺走了他在佐治亚州的胜利进行了全力反驳。
特朗普重申了他毫无根据的指控，此前他和其他18人被富尔顿县地方检察官法尼·威利斯(Fani Willis)指控试图推翻他的损失。特朗普否认有任何不当行为。
彭斯在印第安纳波利斯举行的全国州议会峰会上对一群共和党州议员说:“关于前总统和他的盟友两年半多来一直说的话，并在此时此刻继续坚持:佐治亚州的选举没有被盗，我无权推翻1月6日的选举。”
彭斯一再表示，他现在有权力推翻2020年的选举结果，特朗普认为他可以这样做是错误的，尽管这位前副总统在全国和州级民调中仍处于个位数。根据五点三十八分.
竞争对手纷纷举手投降
谈到特朗普的最新指控，竞争对手的竞选团队正在讲和，这很可能不会削弱他的主要支持。特朗普在他之前的三次起诉后，筹款和民调都出现了波动，与六名为竞争对手共和党总统竞选工作的策略师的谈话表明，没有人第四次屏住呼吸让特朗普回到现实。
“特朗普的筹款将大幅增加，”一名为对手竞选工作的策略师表示。“虽然会有更多的钱进来，但更多的钱会投入到他的法律费用中。与选举更相关的是，随着每一项起诉，他的法律处境变得更加危险，同时进一步巩固了他获得提名的保证。”
Democrats celebrate 1-year anniversary of signature legislation, and more trail takeaways
Democrats took a victory lap Wednesday to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act into law, the legislation they hope will help propel them to victory in 2024.
Elsewhere, former Vice President Mike Pence knocked his old boss and current 2024 primary front-runner -- former President Donald Trump -- over Trump's unfounded claims that election fraud cost him victory in Georgia in 2020.
Here's what to know from the trail on Wednesday.
Happy anniversary
Democrats gathered at the White House Wednesday to promote the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden's signing of the Inflation Reduction Act into law.
The celebration was part of a broader blitz over "Bidenomics," Democrats' name for the economic policy pushed by the White House that the party insists is responsible for ameliorating families' fiscal health.
At the jamboree, Biden dubbed the $740 billion climate, health and tax bill as one of the "most significant laws" ever enacted.
"Taking on the special interests and winning," Biden said. "Delivering on promises that have long been made to the American people to lower cost for families, especially health care costs; increase America's energy security; restore fairness to a tax code; create good paying jobs here in America; and to address the potential threat of climate crisis."
"Bidenomics is anchored in what's always worked best for the country, investing in America, investing in Americans," he added. "Because when we invest in ourselves, when we strengthen the middle class, we see stronger economic growth that benefits everybody."
Not everyone was on board, though.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., an architect of the bill, stayed away from the celebration and panned its implementation as he tries to separate himself from the party ahead of a possible bruising reelection effort in ruby red West Virginia.
"With respect to energy security, and contrary to those in the Biden Administration who seek to undermine this goal, this law re-established an all-of-the-above energy policy and empowered the growth of fossil fuels and renewables. If implemented as designed the IRA will ensure that all Americans have more reliable and more affordable power for years to come," he said in a statement.
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the NCSL Legislative Summit at the Indiana Convention Center, Aug. 16, 2023, in Indianapolis.
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Continued split over 2020 election
Pence on Wednesday gave a full-throated rebuttal of Trump's claims that election fraud robbed him of victory in Georgia three years ago.
Trump has reiterated his baseless allegations after he and 18 others were charged in a sprawling indictment from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over efforts to have his loss overturned. Trump denies any wrongdoing.
"[W]ith respect to what the former president and his allies have said for now more than two-and-a-half years, and continue to insist at this very hour: The Georgia election was not stolen, and I had no right to overturn the election on Jan. 6," Pence told a group of Republican state lawmakers at the National Conference of State Legislatures Summit in Indianapolis.
Pence has repeatedly said he had now power to overturn the 2020 election results and that Trump was wrong to think he could, though the former vice president remains mired in the single digits in national and statewide polling,according to FiveThirtyEight.
Rival campaigns throw their hands in the air
Speaking of Trump's latest indictment, rival campaigns are making their peace that it will likely do little, if anything, to dent his primary support.
Trump has seen fundraising and polling bumps after his three previous indictments, and conversations with a half-dozen strategists working on rival Republican presidential campaigns suggested nobody's holding their breath for the fourth time to bring Trump back down to earth.
"Trump will see a significant fundraising bump," said one strategist working on a rival campaign. "While more money will be coming in, more of it will pour into his legal fees. More pertinent to the election, with every indictment, his legal situation becomes more perilous, while at the same time further solidifying his guarantee of clinching the nomination."
