Trump’s Tax Bill Passes House
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Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) says Republicans aren’t actually cutting anyone’s federal health or food benefits in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax bill — a plan that slashes $1 trillion from Medicaid and food assistance programs.
Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Thursday.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik said she was the “deciding vote” on a megabill that quadrupled the maximum state and local tax deduction.
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Republicans defend budget legislation as economic plan to make life more affordable amid fierce partisan battle over social program cuts
The critical 3 p.m. meeting, which will include the House Freedom Caucus, comes as GOP leaders are scrambling to get the bill back on track after negotiations went south with hard-liners overnight.
We highlighted the substantive changes made by House Republicans to secure the support of several holdout members.
Proposed cuts to the country’s largest food aid program could slash benefits currently going to one in six Oregonians or shift more than $1 billion in program costs to the state in each two-year budget cycle.
Leaders of a key wing of the Republican Party are throwing up a major roadblock to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plans of muscling President Donald Trump’s massive domestic policy package out of the House on Wednesday,
Some $500 billion in cuts to Medicare could be avoided if Congress instructs the White House budget office to disregard the reconciliation package’s debt impact.
The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S.
Republicans are touting House passage of a megabill to fund Trump’s agenda as a win for Americans. Democrats slam it as benefiting the rich and hurting low-income people.
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