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Final House Vote on Devastating Health and Food Assistance Cuts
- House Republicans passed a budget bill that cuts Medicaid and food assistance, impacting poor Americans, on a 218-214 vote, with all Republicans supporting it except for two dissenters.
- The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this bill will lead to 17 million people losing health insurance by 2034 due to cuts.
- The legislation is projected to impose the largest transfer of wealth from low-income to wealthy Americans in history, causing increased costs for average Americans.
- Democrats and several economists have criticized the bill as harmful to working families, calling it the 'largest increase in national debt in history'.
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The text could increase the debt by more than $3,400 billion by 2034. The leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, called it a "monstrosity" that "will cause suffering to the ordinary Americans." Two Republicans voted against.
The U.S. House of Representatives, with a Republican majority, gave its final approval this Thursday with 218 votes in favour and 214 against the fiscal plan promoted by President Donald Trump, who had pressed to ratify it on July 4, Independence Day of the country. The bill, which had faced obstacles both in the Senate, where conservatives also have control, and in the Lower House, has been agonically passed this week.After a first approval in …
With its tax credits and cuts in health insurance, it is expected to increase the debt by US$3400 billion.
The American House passed Donald Trump's spending law with 218 votes in favour and 214 against. Republicans tuned "Usa," Usa" after the proclamation. (ANSA). (ANSA)
Final House Vote on Devastating Health and Food Assistance Cuts
Update, July 3, 2025: The House passed the legislation—along party lines and without a single Democratic vote—that will rip critical health and nutrition programs for millions of Americans. Learn more about the bill’s devastating impact below. An Overview of the Harmful Budget Bill Senate Republicans passed a devastating budget bill that would slash Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP (food assistance) and strip coverage from 17 million Americans to pa…
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