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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Monday proposed deeper Medicaid cuts, including new work requirements for parents of teens, as a way to offset the costs of making President Donald Trump’s tax breaks more permanent in draft legislation unveiled for his “big, beautiful bill.”
Overall, 42 percent of Americans oppose the budget bill “changing tax, spending and Medicaid policies,” compared with 23 percent who support the bill and 34 percent who say they have no opinion.
The Senate Finance Committee’s language would take a sledgehammer to some parts of the renewable-friendly Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others.
Tax credits for clean energy and home energy efficiency would still be phased out, albeit less quickly, under Senate Republicans' latest proposed changes to a massive tax bill. Electric vehicle incentives and other provisions intended to move the United States away from fossil fuels would be gutted rapidly.
The Senate released the Medicaid portion of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” this week, proposing steep cuts to the healthcare program amid pushback from moderate
Top Senate Republicans are running into some resistance from several key senators about the details of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” potentially complicating plans to deliver that package by their own July 4 deadline.
House GOP leaders have been urging senators to make only minimal changes to their legislation to hold together their razor-thin majority.