Senate panel navigates delicate compromises on Medicaid, taxes in latest chunk of Trump's megabill
A Senate panel charged with particular of the the majority hot-button portions of President Donald Trump s big beautiful bill unveiled its portion of the gargantuan package on Monday The Senate Finance Committee which has jurisdiction over tax framework Medicaid and a slew of other items baked into the House GOP s version of the bill circulated its text as Republicans sprint to finish work on the president s bill ahead of a self-imposed July deadline TRUMP'S 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' CRACKS DOWN ON BIDEN'S LEARNER LOAN 'SCHEME ' TOP REPUBLICAN SAYSThe committee chaired by Sen Mike Crapo R-Idaho had to walk a perilous tightrope with their act given the push and pull surrounding divisive cuts to Medicaid an increase to the state and local tax SALT deduction cap and other provisions in the House s version of the bill Crapo lauded the bill in a declaration and noted that it made the president's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent slashed Green New Deal spending and targeted waste fraud and abuse in spending programs while preserving and protecting them for the the bulk vulnerable I look forward to continued coordination with our colleagues in the House and the Administration to deliver President Trump s bold economic agenda for the American people as briskly as viable he mentioned While House Speaker Mike Johnson R-La pleaded with Senate leaders to change the bill as little as doable after narrowly passing the bill in the House particularly on the compromises he reached on SALT and Medicaid the Senate has vowed to leave its imprint on the package 'FULLY JUSTIFIED' GRAHAM PLOWS AHEAD WITH TRUMP DEMARCATION FUNDING DESPITE PAUL'S OBJECTIONSCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPCrapo and Republican committee members have similarly had to address divisions in the upper chamber particularly around Medicaid tweaks to provider payments and an increase to the SALT cap to a change needed to ram the bill through the House but one Senate Republicans dislike
