Jamie Raskins's Preamble to the Big Ugly Bill and Trump Didn't Like It - Jamie Strikes Again Update

Jamie Raskins's Preamble to the Big Ugly Bill and Trump didn't like it - Jamie strikes again update

Update at the end. ________________________ Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland took the Big Ugly Bill to task Wednesday night. He was angry about the bill, so he "found" a preamble to it that he read aloud on the House floor. It went like this: On Jamie's...

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill Is Fascism in Writing

President Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill slashes Medicaid, Food Stamps, and creates an anti-immigrant police state. It was also passed through threats.

With 3 videos in two days, Rep. Doris Matsui addresses Trump's 'Big Ugly Bill'

With the U.S. Senate's adoption of President Donald Trump's comprehensive tax and spending bill, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) has posted three videos on what she and other Democrats call the "Big Ugly Bill" since yesterday.The topics covered in Matsui's bills included cuts to food assistance through the SNAP programs and Medicaid. The bill passed in the Senate by a 51-50 vote, with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. Con…

The Big Ugly Bill would deny ordinary Americans

“Senate Republicans tried to write Donald Trump’s contempt for the courts into law — gutting judicial enforcement, defying the Constitution, and bulldozing the very rule of law that forms our democracy,” Schumer said in a statement. “It was nothing short of an assault on the system of checks and balances that has anchored this nation since its founding, and a brazen attempt crown Trump king.” — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. With an intim…

The Big Ugly Bill: A Crime Against America—Republicans Cheered While Millions Lost Their Health Care

The cuts will unleash a tidal wave of pain— overcrowded emergency rooms, an increase in chronic healthcare issues, more medical debt & more folks going hungry. If the $4 trillion bill becomes law, it will be the biggest cut to the social safety net in decades, on track to cut 20% of spending on food stamps, with more than 2 million losing benefits. Cuts to Medicaid will lead to nearly 12 million people losing health insurance. Changes to ObamaCa…