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Dulcinea

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Fri Jun 27, 2025, 10:49 AM Friday

Republicans scramble to save Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

(The Hill) Senate Republicans are scrambling to resurrect President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which stalled Thursday after Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected one of its biggest cost-cutting provisions.

The chamber’s referee ruled the Senate’s proposed cap on health care provider taxes violated the Byrd Rule, which governs what legislation can pass with a simple-majority and avoid a filibuster under budget reconciliation rules. The provision would cut hundreds of billions of dollars in federal Medicaid spending.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters his leadership team has “contingency plans” to keep the bill moving forward, even though the key piece may now fall out of the bill.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-scramble-save-trump-big-100000391.html

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