Yesterday, Senate Republicans issued a budget resolution that cuts the stage for a substantial plan. The House and Senate are still negotiating policy details, but Medicaid, Medicare, Affordable Care Act and SNAP are still under threat.
New budget plan sticks to fast track schedules, but lacks details
Under pressure from the White House, a budget bill passed before Memorial Day, but in the stalemate of the legislative scope, Republicans avoided aspects of the typical reconciliation process.
…Republicans avoid aspects of the typical reconciliation process.
The new budget plan is a compromise between the House and the Senate. Although the two Chambers had previously proposed their own budget resolution, they had to use the same version to unlock the settlement process. However, they are still far from what the final bill looks like and what it should be spent. Instead of immediately addressing these differences and developing a budget solution, they reflected a unified double-sal, but were moving forward, a non-orthodox strategy that could give themselves more time and the White House won the “victory.”
The same budgeting solution reveals that home elements are allocated on the price of the bill, allocating different savings goals for each bill. The Senate committee only needs to find $5 billion, while the House committee can keep the price at a minimum of $1.5 trillion. Usually, these numbers are aligned. In the process of allowing deviation, legislators believe that since the settlement rules only apply to the Senateonly the conference hall needs to achieve its goals.
Major cuts may
It is worth noting that the Senate level is flooring, not ceilings, meaning lawmakers can cut more time than the Blueprint needs. The general expectation that they do so may result in a settlement bill that is closer to the vision of a home. For now, the lack of details of the plan provides them with room for internal negotiations and conceals that they are not prepared to cut Medicaid, even if it is impossible to consider the cuts.
For now, the lack of details of the plan provides them with room for internal negotiations and conceals that they are not prepared to cut Medicaid, even if it is impossible to consider the cuts.
The budget solution will also make the 2017 Trump tax cut permanent tax cuts through a controversial, untested budget header (“current policy benchmarks”), which will not require any offset. If successful, it will cause Republicans to waste the federal debt they claim to be trying to reduce. It also includes other expenses, authorizing additional tax cuts of up to $1.5 trillion. According to the nonpartisan committee of the nonpartisan federal budget, the budget resolution “will bring lawmakers a deficit of up to $5.8 trillion between 2034 and 2034” and lead to debt “twice the speed under current laws.”
Take action now
The Senate plans to vote on the budget solution in the coming days to send it to a two-week leave before Congress adjourns. If it passes, we expect we hope both Chambers will quickly start drafting settlement legislation, which, fundamentally, could fundamentally undermine affordable health care opportunities for older people and those with disabilities.
When lawmakers are ready to vote on budget solutions, they need to hear from you. Tell them to vote no and explain how Medicaid cuts will harm people in your community. Learn more and take action now.
Further reading
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