US EditionKey Medicaid provision in Trump’s big tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules
- Senate Republicans are rushing to pass a major tax and spending bill called the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' by the July 4th deadline in Washington, D.C.
- The bill faces challenges due to a Senate parliamentarian ruling that a key provision reducing state Medicaid provider taxes violates budget rules and must be removed.
- The provision aimed to cut a Medicaid provider tax from 6% to 3%, saving billions to offset the package's trillions in tax cuts, but Republicans fear this threatens funding for rural hospitals.
- Sen. Ron Wyden called the bill 'rotten to its core' with over $250 billion in health cuts removed, while Sen. Susan Collins demanded at least $100 billion for a rural hospital fund.
- Senate GOP leaders must find alternatives to secure enough votes, as the parliamentarian's guidance complicates swift passage and some Republicans warn the bill could harm hospitals and immigrants.
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Senate parliamentarian removes Medicaid provisions from GOP budget bill
The Senate parliamentarian removed key Medicaid provisions from the Republican tax and budget package, forcing the GOP to either remove or rewrite them. The parliamentarian said that the provider tax, Medicaid spread pricing and eligibility restrictions based on immigration status all need to be subject to a 60-vote threshold. “This is a setback. I mean, I'm not going to play act. I didn't see this one coming,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told rep…
Medicaid provision in Trump's bill violates Senate rules.
The Senate parliamentarian has advised a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill doesn't adhere to procedural rules. It’s a blow to Republicans rushing to finish the package this week. The guidance from…
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Senators will likely forfeit their weekend as Republican leaders contend with GOP holdouts and policy setbacks on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending proposal. Balancing fiscal hawks concerned about increasing the national debt and “Medicaid moderates” opposed to slashing the low-income government healthcare program is complicating the Senate GOP’s path to passing the filibuster-skirting bill. Also throwing up roadblocks is the Senate parl…
Key Medicaid provisions in Trump budget bill violate Senate rules, parliamentarian says
The Senate parliamentarian on Thursday struck key provisions related to Medicaid from President Trump's budget bill in a setback for Republicans who are racing to pass the legislation. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the details.
WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian has warned that a key Medicaid-related tax overhaul at the heart of President Donald Trump's tax and spending cuts bill does not comply with the chamber's procedural rules, dealing a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finalize the package this week.
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