The parliamentarian kicked out a key Medicaid provision, part of a $587 billion rollback in spending cuts. Republicans don’t have good options to deal with that.
Trump’s Beautiful Disaster
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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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Senate Republicans’ Climate-Wrecking Corn Ethanol Payout
This version of the Big Beautiful Bill would hand vast subsidies to a toxic industry, all while gutting wind, solar, and green hydrogen.
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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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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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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.