The Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill Is Awful. Just Ask Republicans

The Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill Is Awful. Just Ask Republicans

Soon after Senator Lisa Murkowski coughed up the 50th vote for the Senate version of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, she told reporters what was wrong with it.  “I struggled mightily with the impact on the most vulnerable in this country, when you look to Medicaid and SNAP,” she said, referring to the bill’s deep cuts to health care and food assistance. The Congressional Budget Office projects that the bill’s onerous provisions would direc…