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The House GOP tax bill includes breaks for the wealthy, and cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. "Bottom line is, a lot of people will lose benefits," one expert says.
The CBO said the GOP’s megabill would lead to $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. Two days later, 215 House Republicans voted for it anyway.
New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and shift costs to states.
Overall, the Republican tax bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, would add $2.3 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, according to the CBO.
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.
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New York Magazine on MSN3 Ways Senate Republicans Could Blow Up Trump’s Big Beautiful BillThere are as many factions among Republicans in the upper chamber as in the House. Both chambers have to agree on the final product. It won’t be easy.
A tax and spending package passed Thursday by House Republicans funnels the bulk of its financial benefits to wealthy households, according to economists and tax experts. The rich benefit via a slew of tax cuts tied to businesses,
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) caught South Carolina's Ralph Norman taking a brazen nap during a monumentally important hearing Wednesday.