President Biden bent over backwards to help left-behind communities get factories and jobs. Their congressional representatives don’t appreciate it.
Big Beautiful Bill
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The Big Beautiful Bill Is Hanging by a Thread
There is so much unfinished business that some Republicans in Washington are saying the unsayable: Just drop it.
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Medicaid Cuts in Republican Bill Would Charge Poor People More for Coverage
The cost-sharing requirements on beneficiaries above the federal poverty line is the most notable item in a menu of Medicaid cuts seen by the Prospect.
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Trump’s Agenda Is Still Undecided
Congress returns to tackle the ‘big beautiful bill’ that would extend his tax cuts and cut social safety net spending. They still don’t have the details in place.
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The Republican Budget Plan: Snatch Food From the Mouths of Hungry Children
SNAP cuts are ‘going to have a massive shock wave across the country, and everybody will feel it.’
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Republican Budget Madness
Today on TAP: It bookends Trump’s tariff madness, both for damage and dishonesty.