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Senate GOP Takes Bigger Swing at Medicaid in Trump Agenda Bill
- Senate Republicans unveiled draft legislation on Monday proposing deeper Medicaid cuts and work requirements tied to President Trump's tax agenda.
- The bill aims to offset costs of permanently extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act benefits, keeping the $10,000 SALT deduction cap despite GOP opposition.
- Key provisions require Medicaid recipients, including parents of teens over 14, to work or perform 80 hours monthly of community service to qualify.
- Senator Mike Crapo argued that the plan would avoid increasing taxes and reduce spending by cutting green energy programs and eliminating waste, while Chuck Schumer criticized the Medicaid reductions as more severe and harmful than those in the House Republican bill.
- The bill proposes increasing the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, but its approval in the House is at risk if the SALT cap is lowered, putting its passage ahead of the July 4 deadline in jeopardy.
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“Senate Republicans’ plan to extract more savings from Medicaid as part of their revised tax and spending package triggered a backlash within the party, raising concerns that leaders could miss their self-imposed deadline of getting the bill to President Trump’s desk by July 4,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Republicans remain divided on a series of issues, ranging from healthcare spending, to deficit reduction, to clean energy tax credits t…
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