'Call This What It Is—Theft': Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History - Alaska Native News

'Call This What It Is—Theft': Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History - Alaska Native News

“The people stealing from Americans are not folks with tattoos and hoodies—it’s people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins, sitting in this Capitol right now,” said Rep. Maxwell Frost. House Republicans on Thursday morning passed their sprawling budget reconciliation package after making last-minute changes to the legislation to mollify far-right hardliners. The final count […]

‘Call This What It Is—Theft’: Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History

rochelle hartman, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams House Republicans on Thursday morning passed their sprawling budget reconciliation package after making last-minute changes to the legislation to mollify far-right hardliners. The final count was 215-214, with every Democrat voting no and Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.)—chairman of the House Freedom Caucus—voting present. Two R…

The multi-million-dollar package of taxes and expenses approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday includes historic cuts to Medicaid medical coverage spending and to the Supplementary Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). Now, it is up to the Senate to consider the changes and, perhaps, propose its own. In its current form, the legislation, called the “Beautiful Big Bill Act,” would cut Medicaid spending by approximately $700,000 mill…