Trump's Big Tax Bill Clears The House
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An unexpected name kept coming up as House Republicans crafted their multi-trillion dollar legislative package slashing Medicaid and taxes for the wealthy: Bill Clinton. On the House floor, during committee hearings and in hallway interviews,
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.
A provision in House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” passed Thursday would ban Medicaid from covering gender-affirming health care for transgender people of all ages, a last-minute addition to the measure with the potential to upend care for hundreds of thousands of trans Americans.
Congressman Ryan Mackenzie joined the vast majority of House Republicans in voting in favor of President Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package early Thursday morning, which now
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Republican bill would shrink resources for low-income households.
Republican budget hawks faced painful calculations Wednesday as the House inched toward advancing President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that would saddle more generations with trillions of dollars in debt.
There’s a stark contrast between the effects on high earners and those on low-income households in a sprawling legislative package House Republicans passed Thursday.