Restaurant workers and advocates say the proposal won’t be enough to offset Medicaid cuts.
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The Curious Case of the Republican Medicaid Turncoats
Six House Republicans opposed Medicaid cuts, then voted for them. It turns out that will grant them a big tax break.
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House Republicans Unite Around Sweeping Medicaid Cuts
The health care section of the GOP mega-bill has advanced to the House floor, bringing millions of Americans one step closer to losing their health insurance.
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Big Beautiful Bull
Today on TAP: The Republican budget reconciliation process has inched forward, but deep schisms remain. The course of least resistance is a massive increase in the deficit.
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Grim Times for Washingtonians
The fiscal distress Republicans are inflicting on residents of the nation’s capital is unprecedented, and it will hit human services the hardest.
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Republicans Outdo Themselves in Food Stamp Cuts
House Republicans plan to cut a staggering $300 billion from SNAP, far more than they’d originally planned.
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House Republicans Take Aim at Red-State Economies
President Biden bent over backwards to help left-behind communities get factories and jobs. Their congressional representatives don’t appreciate it.
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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 Weakness Shows Through
Today on TAP: The executive order purporting to cut NPR and PBS funding was supposed to go through Congress, but Trump had to go it alone.