US EditionKey Medicaid provision in Trump’s big tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules
- Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough struck key Medicaid provisions Thursday, blocking parts of Trump’s bill and delaying its July 4 passage.
- Rooted in the Byrd Rule, the parliamentarian deemed Medicaid provisions non-budgetary, forcing Republicans to remove or rewrite key parts of the bill under reconciliation constraints.
- Analysis shows that $89 billion in Medicaid savings depends on provider tax cuts, risking rural hospital closures and affecting nearly 8 million enrollees.
- In response to the ruling, Senate Republicans met privately to find ways to rewrite key provisions and meet the July 4 deadline amid ongoing disagreements.
- Beyond the July 4 deadline, the bill faces a looming debt ceiling later this summer, risking tax hikes on 80% of taxpayers if unresolved.
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If Senate Republicans can close up all their outstanding issues on Trump’s megabill, expect them to vote basically immediately. “This bill is like yogurt, not wine,” one senator told Semafor. Senate Republicans are racing to write language on Medicaid that can help both comply with the parliamentary rules and get 50 votes, after the parliamentarian ruled their first approach didn’t pass muster. “A lot of this is fluid,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-…
Donald Trump’s mega-law received a setback from the Senate at a key point: Medicaid reform. In the midst of negotiations between conservative Republicans and moderates, the Speaker of the Upper House ruled that this reform does not comply with the Byrd Rule. It is the internal rule used to filter out what provisions can be incorporated into budget reconciliation legislation, such as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” Read more]]>
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