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.
Trump’s Beautiful Disaster
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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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Senate Bill Gives Giant Tax Break to Big Oil
A provision inserted by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) would exempt many domestic oil and gas drillers from having to pay any corporate taxes.
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Senate Finance Committee Endangers Even More Medicaid Patients
The Senate draft makes changes that will annoy House moderates and conservatives. But on Medicaid, it goes further than the House, threatening the lives of more Americans.
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Trump’s Reverse Robin Hood Agenda Hits Home Stretch
The Big Beautiful Bill will benefit the rich and hurt the poor, while reducing economic growth and causing mass death. Other than that, it’s perfect.
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The Big Beautiful Bill Will Bring ICE Raids to Your City
Senate Democrats don’t have to separate the crackdown in Los Angeles and the Republican bill in Washington. The latter will allow for more of the former.
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Red Line Season: Senators Lay Down Their Must-Haves for Mega-Bill
Clean energy, state taxes, Medicaid, and much more are being debated.
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Trump’s Beautiful Bill Will Kick 11 Million People Off Their Health Insurance
It will also increase the national debt by $2.4 trillion.
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The First Casualty of the Big Beautiful Bill?
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst told a constituent, who feared health care cuts would lead to mass death, that ‘We all are going to die.’ That’s prompted a formidable challenge to her re-election.
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Republican Mega-Bill Charges Federal Workers for Basic Rights on the Job
If the spending bill is passed, an estimated three-quarters of eligible federal workers may be coerced into at-will employment.