In a “wraparound” amendment, a new tax on solar and wind gets dropped.
Republicans
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How Much Will Trump’s Budget Bill Hurt Republicans?
Or will stolen elections in the 2026 midterms overcome the effect of deeply unpopular policies?
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Republicans Propose Fixing 1.5 Percent of Their Rural Hospital Problem
An insulting offer for a rural hospital fund is panned by Senate Republican holdouts. But the leadership is betting they’ll give in soon enough.
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University Unions Stand Up to Trump’s Research Cuts While Administrators Waver
While some universities have capitulated to Trump’s NIH cuts, there are faculty and graduate student union leaders on the frontlines pushing back.
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The Parliamentarian Comes for the Beautiful Bill
A couple dozen provisions have been removed. No ruling yet on the biggest one, which could mean $3.7 trillion in fake ‘savings.’
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Will the Senate Save NIH?
Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.
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The Word Games That Enable Medicaid Cuts
We don’t call it Medicaid in many states, and we use euphemisms for what are in reality cuts. That endangers the system, a health care regulator writes.
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Elimination of CFPB and Other Financial Agencies Tossed Out of Budget Bill
The repeal of the EPA’s fuel emissions standards also got the axe, because of the ‘Byrd Rule,’ which blocks policy decisions from budget reconciliation.
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Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse
Experts warn of potentially hundreds of hospital closures, which would degrade the entire medical system.
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On Iran, It’s Trump vs. MAGA
Today on TAP: What happens when a failing dictator is on the ropes? He imagines winning World War III.
