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Democrats view the Trump bill's cuts to Medicaid and food assistance as ready ammunition for their future campaign.
“I do not believe the cruel cuts to Medicaid in this bill are what Jesus meant when He said, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Sleep deprivation makes everyone a bit loopy.
A plan to make states share the cost of food benefits got warped by an apparent effort to win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska.).
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The Alaska Republican won special treatment for Alaskans who would be affected by the bill's safety net cuts.
The president’s signature domestic policy plan, which kicks millions of people off of their health coverage to pay for tax cuts for the rich, now heads to the House.
The massive $4 trillion package includes tax cuts for mostly wealthy people and historic cuts to safety net programs like Medicaid and federal food assistance.
They probably won’t stop the bill, of course, but these are the guys who supposedly don’t like it.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), unburdened by having to run for reelection, torched his party's "Big Beautiful Bill."
Republicans used a new budget gimmick to obscure the cost of President Trump's $4 trillion tax and spending bill in a new attack on the Senate's filibuster rules.