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Today on Capitol Hill: Rescissions Package, Budget Talks and Milk Bill for Schools
- On May 13, 2025, a bill was presented to extend the 2017 tax cuts, which includes a new tax credit designed to help small businesses that implement CHOICE arrangements, allowing companies with under 50 full-time employees to qualify for financial incentives over two years.
- This bill aims to prevent small businesses from losing health benefits access by offering a $100 monthly tax credit per enrolled employee for two years, reflecting prior successes in Indiana.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill aims to permit employees to pay for health insurance plans acquired through the Exchange using pre-tax dollars, which would lower expenses for workers and reduce payroll taxes for employers.
- The bill, described as partisan, faces opposition for cutting roughly $700 billion from Medicaid, risking 1.5 million New Yorkers' insurance and $3 billion in hospital funding, according to Governor Hochul and Leader Jeffries.
- As the Senate prepares to debate the bill this week, protests highlight fears of healthcare disruptions, while some Republicans support it as tax-cutting and commonsense legislation despite dissent within their ranks.
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Senate Ag Committee Advances Whole Milk Bill
(NAFB.com) – Groups like the National Milk Producers Federation and others applauded the Senate Ag Committee for supporting, by voice vote, the “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act.” The bill’s markup is a critical first step in passing the bipartisan legislation, which has already been approved at the House committee level. “The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act is about making informed, science-backed decisions that prioritize the health and future …
Trump's 'one big beautiful bill' creates some uncertainty for federal funding in Madison
MADISON, Wis.- Municipalities like the city of Madison are preparing its budgets with a bit of uncertainty as President Trump’s “one big beautiful” spending and tax bill moves through Washington.
Today on Capitol Hill: Rescissions package, budget talks and milk bill for schools
We're tracking several developing headlines on Capitol Hill, including lawmakers debating President Donald Trump's "one big beautiful bill" and another measure allowing schools to serve whole and 2% milk.
The ‘Big, Beautiful’ Question: What Does Trump Want in the Bill?
As the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill moves to the Senate, one major question remains: What exactly does President Donald Trump want in it? Trump has consistently pushed for the bill’s passage, despite saying he doesn’t view it as perfect. “It’s an unbelievable bill,” Trump said in an Oval Office event with Elon Musk on Friday. Passing the One Big Beautiful Bill means we get One Big Beautiful Tax Cut.Making President Trump's Tax C…
Why resolving the debt limit while also passing the reconciliation bill might be the next installment of Mission Impossible
Interview transcript: Terry Gerton: Congress was on recess last week, but now they’re back. They’re taking up lots of important topics. Probably the biggest newsmaker is the big, beautiful bill moving across the Hill to the Senate side. What are you hearing on that? Jack Fitzpatrick: There have been some long-standing concerns on the Senate side that I think are going to crystallize into some more specific critiques and eventually specific chang…
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