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Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social · Jul 1

Senate Rs voted to pass a bill that wld raise food & health care costs on families, increase hunger & take health coverage away from millions of ppl while doubling down on tax cuts for the wealthy. House Rs must stand up for their communities & reject it. www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

House Should Reject Senate Republican Bill That Is Even Worse Than Already Harmful House Version in Important Ways | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Following a series of middle-of-the-night backroom deals, and less than an hour after the final language was unveiled, Senate Republicans voted to pass a bill that would raise food and health care cos...

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Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · Jun 30

TSen. Scott amendment effectively repeals Medicaid expansion in only a few years. New analysis here: www.cbpp.org/research/med...

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Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · Jun 29

New Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers confirm what we already knew – the reconciliation bill is getting worse, not better. The Senate bill will cut health care more deeply than the House bill and leave more people uninsured. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to the Budget Enforcement Baseline for Consideration in the Senate

As posted on the website of the Senate Committee on the Budget on June 27, 2025

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Peggy Bailey @peggybaileydc.bsky.social · Jun 28

It only takes a little math to dissect what the One Big Beautiful Bill is all about - Securing tax cuts for wealthy people on the backs of people who will have their health coverage and food assistance taken away.

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Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · Jun 28

Senate Republican leaders appear to be barreling ahead with their harmful reconciliation bill. Reminder that the Republican health agenda would take us backward on covering the uninsured, largely reversing #ACA gains. 👎
(h/t @pkrugman.bsky.social for the graphic idea)

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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · Jun 28

The latest Senate Republican plan retains a deeply harmful provision that tramples over state rights’ to make decisions about how to use their own funds to ensure their state residents can access comprehensive health coverage.

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · Jun 28

The Senate quietly stripped veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and young people who recently aged out of foster care of their current exemptions from SNAP's harsh work requirement. CBO estimates this change alone would cut 270,000 people off SNAP. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · Jun 28

Let's be clear: The Senate Republican bill would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it — all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Jun 27

Alaska lawmakers nail how harmful to states this bill being rushed through Congress would be: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...

Opinion | Our State Cannot Survive This Bill

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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · Jun 21

The Parliamentarian ruled 2 of the most harmful #SNAP cuts in the Senate Republican bill violate the Byrd rule, including an unprecedented cost-shift to states that could end SNAP entirely in parts of the U.S. www.agriculture.senate.gov/newsroom/rep...

Chairman Boozman Statement on Ag Committee’s Reconciliation Provisions | The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) issued the following statement on the budget...

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Kris Cox @krisycox.bsky.social · May 10

#CTC changes in the House tax bill leave behind the 17M children who currently get less than the full $2k credit. The bill increases the max to $2,500 for 4 yrs (then drops back to $2k), which gives these 17M a $0 increase but showers higher-income families w/ 2 kids w/ an extra $1,000.

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Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · May 12

The House W&M bill includes a slew of tax cuts for wealthy ppl. One glaring omission: an extension of enhanced premium tax credits. And that's a major reason 13.7M would be uninsured per CBO's early look at proposals in the House E&C bill. democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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chuckcbpp.bsky.social @chuckcbpp.bsky.social · May 12

The House Ways and Means tax bill released today is skewed in favor of rich people, is even more costly than the original 2017 law, and fails to deliver for working-class families and small businesses.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · May 13

CBPP's Samantha Jacoby posted on X explaining how the House Republican tax bill's new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers works: x.com/jacsamoby/st...

Samantha Jacoby on X: House Rs’ tax bill includes a new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers — effectively the first nationwide voucher program. Plus, it’s structured as a costly tax break for the wealthy w/an egregious capital gains tax loophole. It should be rejected.

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Apr 1

My colleague Wes Tharpe lays out the harm being done to local economies in every state by DOGE and Trump federal worker layoffs.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · Apr 1

Sweeping federal worker layoffs led by Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Trump Admin are leaving states reeling, threatening widespread damage to workers, families, & local economies in every state. More from @wesleytharpe.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/blog/sweepin...

Sweeping Federal Worker Layoffs Leave States Reeling | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Communities across the country have been reeling in recent weeks as billionaire Elon Musk, the DOGE team he leads, and the Trump Administration broadly continue their campaign of sweeping and...

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

As the Senate has already done, the House must give D.C. the freedom to continue spending its own local dollars to fund schools, public safety, child care, and other critical services to support the people who live, work, and do business here: www.cbpp.org/blog/house-m...

House Must Adopt Senate Plan Allowing D.C. To Spend Its Own Funds | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The legislation enacted earlier this month to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2025 will deeply harm the District of Columbia. It will force D.C. to cut its fiscal year 2025...

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

Congress already approved D.C.’s 2025 budget last year, and it needs to ensure that the District can continue to spend its own resources in line with that budget.

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

Yet Congress’ actions are threatening D.C.’s credit rating. Fitch Ratings indicated that it is likely to downgrade D.C.’s credit rating under the enacted continuing resolution. www.fitchratings.com/research/us-...

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

D.C. manages its budget prudently, as its strong current credit ratings indicate. For 28 consecutive years, the District has received clean audits. cfo.dc.gov/sites/defaul... 2024 DC Annual Report_Letter from the Mayor.pdf

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

That’s in part because if Congress cuts $1B from D.C.’s locally raised budget, D.C. budget rules would force sharp cuts to planned infrastructure improvement projects such as those that will improve road safety and improve regional transit.

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

The harm would ripple beyond D.C. into the neighboring economies of Maryland & Virginia & the broader regional economy.

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

DC is about halfway through its fiscal year. Forcing DC to cut $1B from its budget now would cause immediate & devastating cuts to local services that District residents & biz depend on – like public transit, public safety, schools, child care & more: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

DC Budget Memo Congress Shutdown 2025

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

Forcing D.C. back to its 2024 funding levels for local funds saves the federal government *nothing*. It only stops D.C. from operating under its balanced and enacted budget, spending revenue that it has raised.

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

The Senate passed a standalone bill on a bipartisan basis to let D.C. continue operating under its enacted fiscal year 2025 budget and spend its own funds. The House should move quickly to adopt the Senate bill as is.

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Mike Leachman @mleachm.bsky.social · Mar 25

The legislation enacted to fund the federal government for the rest of FY25 will force D.C. to cut its budget by $1 billion by limiting how much it can spend of its *own, DC-raised funds* to 2024 levels.

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