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Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Will Lead to 51,000 Preventable Deaths Each Year
Annual cuts to Medicaid would average $70 billion — roughly the same amount the wealthy will save in tax cuts.

Democrats Condemn Latest Trump Budget Request: “No Billionaire Left Behind”
The topline target of the Trump proposal aims to cut $163 billion from the 2026 fiscal budget.

Trump Budget Is “a Mugging Conducted by the 1 Percent Against the Rest of Us”
Senate Republicans will now have to pass their own version of the budget.

Will GOP Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves? Nonpartisan Analysis Says Not at All.
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said the cuts will barely boost the economy and mostly go to the rich.

Proposed Budget Bill Boasts Historic Medicaid Cuts. Some Republicans Want More.
GOP hardliners are reportedly pursuing an end to states' Medicaid expansions and an earlier start to work requirements.

House Republicans Advance Massive Tax Cuts for the Rich
A spokesperson for the Unrig Our Economy coalition called the GOP package “a reverse Robin Hood of the highest order.”

GOP Propose Historic Cuts to Food Aid to Offset Tax Cuts for the Rich
The legislation would slash federal SNAP spending by $290 billion over the next decade.

3 in 4 Americans Oppose GOP Gutting Medicaid to Fund Tax Cuts for the Rich
Republicans are also considering cuts to and work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

GOP’s Plan to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich Is Now Projected to Cost $7 Trillion
The GOP has come under fire for using an accounting trick to claim the proposed tax cuts would have no budgetary impact.

Senate Republicans Unveil Budget Blueprint to Deliver on Trump’s Agenda
"Let's be clear: Trump and his allies in Congress are cooking the books in broad daylight,” said one critic.