US EditionTrump’s Big Bill Is Prompting Urgent Action in some Democratic States, but Not in Republican Ones
Democratic-led states respond to federal tax cuts with special sessions and increased social spending, while Republican-led states face similar losses without urgent action, analysts say.
- On Wednesday, New Mexico lawmakers open a special session to boost food assistance and rural health care funding, while California Democrats recently passed spending measures to counteract Trump's big bill.
- Because many states tie tax codes to the federal system, federal tax cuts and spending reductions on Medicaid and food assistance programs could reduce state revenues and increase costs.
- Estimates show Montana stands to lose $114,000,000 annually while California recently allocated $255,000,000 in response to Trump's bill, signed by Gavin Newsom, Democratic governor of California.
- New Mexico officials are preemptively earmarking more money this fiscal year toward food assistance and rural health care to backfill lost federal dollars from $50 billion in rural health care grants.
- The diverging responses highlight a partisan split as Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and states like Iowa, Montana, and North Dakota downplay urgency despite federal tax changes.
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Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolNew Mexico’s legislators are about to launch a special session on Wednesday to increase funding for food aid and health care in rural areas, measures that, according to the Democratic governor, are needed to “minimize the damage of President Trump’s disastrous law” known as “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” or OBBBA, which cuts taxes and federal spending.
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Trump's big bill is prompting urgent action in some Democratic states, but not in Republican ones
New Mexico lawmakers are to open a special session Wednesday to boost funding for food assistance and rural health care — actions the Democratic governor contends are needed to “minimize the damage from President Trump’s disastrous bill” cutting federal taxes and spending.
The Columbian
Trump’s big bill is prompting urgent action in some Democratic states, but not in Republican ones
New Mexico lawmakers are to open a special session Wednesday to boost funding for food assistance and rural health care — actions the Democratic governor contends are needed to “minimize the damage from President Trump’s disastrous bill” cutting federal taxes and spending. Read more...
Telemundo Fresno
Telemundo DenverNew Mexico's legislators will begin a special session on state funding, to confront President Donald Trump's law.
Trump's big bill is prompting urgent action in some Democratic st
New Mexico lawmakers are to open a special session Wednesday to boost funding for food assistance and rural health care — actions the Democratic governor contends are needed to “minimize the damage from President Trump’s disastrous bill” cutting federal taxes and spending . The special session follows one in Colorado, where the Democratic governor asserted Trump’s tax cuts wreaked havoc on the state’s budget. Oregon’s Democratic officials also a…
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