Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks (1 Viewer)

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Republicans moving ahead with Trump's 'big' bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar

After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s ”“big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts.

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More than a month after House Republicans surprised Washington by advancing their framework for Trump’s $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts, Senate Republicans voted Thursday to start working on their version. The largely party-line vote, 52-48, sets the stage for a potential Senate all-nighter Friday spilling into the weekend.

 

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They lie out of their arse because they know their own voters will never hold them responsible no matter how much it hurts them or people they "love".

So I wrote back to him today and told him I didn’t appreciate the dishonesty of him saying that Trump and Johnson won’t cut Medicaid. I pointed out the cuts in the budget that just passed out of committee and how rural hospitals, nursing homes and clinics will close because of this budget. I also referred him to a WSJ article about Trump hoping to cut entitlements quietly. It’s so stupid, they are actively voting to hurt their districts.

 

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Disability rights protesters in wheelchairs clashed with Republican lawmakers Tuesday as they sought to discuss and debate their sprawling legislation on Medicaid, which led to police dragging advocates out.

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which governs Medicaid, began its “mark up” for its part of the legislation that Republicans have taken to calling “One Big, Beautiful Bill.”

At one point, one advocate shouted at Republican lawmakers saying: “You will kill me!” As Capitol Police escorted the protester out, she shouted: “Bulls***! Liar!”

Throughout the hearing disability rights activists interrupted discussions to protest the cuts.

Under the House Budget resolution that passed earlier this year, the House has to find $1.5 trillion in spending reductions to unlock $4.5 trillion worth of tax cuts. If Republicans fail to cut $2 trillion worth of spending, the amount of money left for tax cuts will be reduced by the difference between $2 trillion and the final number of savings.

Republicans claimed throughout the hearing that the legislation would not hurt people with disabilities. Under the bill, able-bodied adults without dependents must engage in at least 80 hours of either work, community service or education to be eligible for Medicaid.

Republican Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama pushed back against accusations that people with disabilities would lose their Medicaid coverage.

“The people who are legally eligible for Medicaid are not going to lose their Medicaid,” he insisted. “We’ve all got family members, friends, we’ve got people in our districts, we all know these stories, people that are depending on Medicaid, and you will not lose your Medicaid.”

But the protester interrupted Palmer, identifying herself as from Youngstown, Ohio and said that her drugs cost $10,000 a month.

Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas tried to tamp down criticism as people with disabilities expressed fear that they might lose their coverage.

“Here’s my apology to you: I am sorry that people lie to you, I am sorry that so many people in the media and the left have lied to you,” he said.……..

Uproar as disability protesters in wheelchairs dragged out of House Medicaid meeting

Republicans insist the proposed new work requirements won’t hurt people with disabilities, but disability rights advocates disagree

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House Republicans’ sprawling domestic policy bill would force parents of children between the ages of 8 and 18 to work for nutritional benefits, but it includes a provision to ensure that married, stay-at-home parents continue to receive them…….

In the same token, it also lowers the age for which children can be considered “dependent” from the age of 18 to younger than seven. That provision would mean that parents of children seven years old and older would fit the definition of able-bodied adults without dependents, and therefore require them to work.

But the bill also includes an exception for a person responsible for children older than seven “who is married and resides with an individual who complies with the SNAP work requirements.”

This comes as Trump and other Republicans encourage not only for Americans to have more children, but specifically, to incentivize one parent, usually women, to stay at home and care for children, as The New York Times reported on Monday.…….

Parents, your SNAP benefits are at risk – except for stay at home moms

Republicans’ legislation would also force states to shoulder more of the cost for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

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House GOP unveils plan to raise debt limit by $4 trillion

House Republicans are moving forward with plans to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $4 trillion as part of a larger plan to advance President Trump’s tax agenda. The proposal, which was included in legislative text unveiled by the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday, is in line with House...

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The fiscally responsible Republican Party to raise the debt ceiling by $4 Trillion while cutting taxes.

 

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Within the bill's draft is the creation of "Money account for growth and advancement" accounts, or "MAGA accounts," laying out a pilot program to launch the accounts with $1,000 each.

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas recently talked about the plan with Semafor after he pushed the idea to his fellow Republicans as they attended a party retreat earlier this month.

"The case I made to my colleagues is: We should ask ourselves in this bill, what will be the legacy that people will remember and talk about 10 years from now, 20, 30, 40 years from now?" Cruz said at the time.

 

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Within the bill's draft is the creation of "Money account for growth and advancement" accounts, or "MAGA accounts," laying out a pilot program to launch the accounts with $1,000 each.

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas recently talked about the plan with Semafor after he pushed the idea to his fellow Republicans as they attended a party retreat earlier this month.

"The case I made to my colleagues is: We should ask ourselves in this bill, what will be the legacy that people will remember and talk about 10 years from now, 20, 30, 40 years from now?" Cruz said at the time.

Fork Ted “Cancun” Cruz. $1000…that will make everything better.

 

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What's in Trump's big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding.

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A centerpiece of the package is more than $900 billion in reduced spending, most of that coming through the Medicaid program.
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Mark Alford Claims Medicaid Is Rife With Abuse and Fraud

After months of insisting they will not touch Medicaid, Republicans seem poised to do just that in their spending bill, under which 10.3 million recipients would lose coverage.

www.mediaite.com

“I do wonder, though, because one in five Missourians are covered by Medicaid,” Sanchez said. “Roughly how many of them, in your view, would be deemed ineligible for these benefits, or in your view, are committing fraud? Do you have an estimate or rough number?”

“I do not have any numbers on that,” Alford replied. “I know that some people in the Show Me State are concerned. But it is a show-me state, and we’re gonna ask people to show me, show me why you should be using taxpayer money for Medicaid that’s funneled from the federal government down to the state level.

 

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What's in Trump's big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding.

apnews.com

A centerpiece of the package is more than $900 billion in reduced spending, most of that coming through the Medicaid program.
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Mark Alford Claims Medicaid Is Rife With Abuse and Fraud

After months of insisting they will not touch Medicaid, Republicans seem poised to do just that in their spending bill, under which 10.3 million recipients would lose coverage.

www.mediaite.com

“I do wonder, though, because one in five Missourians are covered by Medicaid,” Sanchez said. “Roughly how many of them, in your view, would be deemed ineligible for these benefits, or in your view, are committing fraud? Do you have an estimate or rough number?”

“I do not have any numbers on that,” Alford replied. “I know that some people in the Show Me State are concerned. But it is a show-me state, and we’re gonna ask people to show me, show me why you should be using taxpayer money for Medicaid that’s funneled from the federal government down to the state level.

Waste, Fraud & Abuse… see Rick Scott. Also see United Healthcare.

Time and again it is the intersection of private business with government where waste, fraud and abuse occurs.

 

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Who is going to fund that $4 trillion of debt?

 

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Who is going to fund that $4 trillion of debt?

7mo old infants are old enough to remember this...

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