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In response to Senate Republicans releasing their extreme budget resolution, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s rubber-stamping allies in the Senate just put forth their plan to take an axe to critical programs that serve millions of hardworking Americans \u2014 all to pay for Trump\u2019s tax cuts for billionaires. With Trump\u2019s blessing, the MAGA budget is going to gut Medicaid, rip affordable health care from millions of Americans, throw seniors out of nursing homes, and force kids to go hungry. While Trump sends the economy on a downward spiral, his Republican lackeys are sticking working families with the bill for handouts to the ultra-wealthy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: Republicans\u2019 disastrous funding agenda will cut critical programs for millions of Americans while making permanent Donald Trump\u2019s tax handouts for the ultra-rich. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cSenate Republicans released a new budget blueprint Wednesday that would pave the way for \u2026 making President Donald Trump\u2019s 2017 tax cuts permanent.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressional Republicans are co-signing Trump\u2019s promises to gut Medicaid and rip away health care from <\/strong>79 million<\/strong><\/a> Americans to pay for another tax handout for his billionaire backers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his FY18<\/a>, FY19<\/a>, FY20<\/a>, and FY21<\/a> budgets, Trump repeatedly proposed hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KFF Health News<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans in Washington say they plan to use funding cuts and regulatory changes to dramatically shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that, along with the related Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program, serves about 79 million mostly low-income or disabled Americans.<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdvocates for poor people fear GOP funding cuts will leave more Americans without insurance, making it harder for them to get care.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the GOP\u2019s plans to shrink Medicaid are realized, Democrats and health experts say, low-income people forced to buy private insurance would face challenges paying monthly premiums<\/strong> and the large copayments and deductibles common to commercial plans that typically don\u2019t exist in Medicaid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump has made clear that his goal remains to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including its expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults, and to impose rigid caps on the federal government\u2019s Medicaid spending.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ProPublica<\/a>: \u201cThe Trump Administration Cracked Down on Medicaid. Kids Lost Insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cMedicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgetown University Center for Children and Families<\/a>: \u201cCuts to Medicaid<\/strong> Will Shift Costs to Families, Providers and Will Be Especially Harmful to Rural Communities\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans are also slashing SNAP \u2014 a program that helps over <\/strong>40 million<\/strong><\/a> Americans \u2014 and forcing working families and children to go hungry. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for Budget Policies and Priorities<\/a>: \u201cMillions of Low-Income Households Would Lose Food Aid Under Proposed House Republican SNAP Cuts\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe [House] budget resolution<\/strong> \u2026 directs the House Agriculture Committee to cut programs in its jurisdiction by at least $230 billion through 2034, with these cuts expected to come largely or entirely from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)<\/strong> and to be used to help pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest business owners and households. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRegardless of how Republican lawmakers enact a cut of this magnitude, this would slash more than 20 percent from a program that helps more than 40 million people, including 1 in 5 children, afford groceries.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans\u2019 plan will slash up to 1 million jobs nationwide and cost tens of billions of dollars, devastating local communities across the country. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milken Institute of Public Health<\/a>: \u201cNEW REPORT: Federal Medicaid and SNAP Cuts Could Result in One Million Jobs Lost and State GDPs Falling by More than $110 Billion in 2026\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[P]otential budget cuts <\/strong>to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could trigger severe economic consequences across all 50 states and the District of Columbia<\/strong>. If implemented, these combined cuts could lead to one million jobs lost,<\/strong> a $113 billion decline in states\u2019 gross domestic products, and $8.8 billion in lost state and local tax revenue in 2026 alone.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cStates could lose thousands of jobs \u2014 including 10,900 jobs in Arkansas<\/strong> \u2014 and billions of dollars in economic output<\/strong> under potential Medicaid and food aid cuts, a new estimate finds.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Beacon<\/a>: \u201cThe cuts could lead to nearly 30,000 jobs lost across Missouri and Kansas<\/strong> health care systems and food suppliers, a new study found.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kera News, NPR<\/a>: \u201cMedicaid, SNAP cuts could cost 68,000 Texas jobs, report finds\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Senate Republicans releasing their extreme budget resolution, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:  \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s rubber-stamping allies in the Senate just put forth their plan to take an axe to critical programs that serve millions of hardworking Americans \u2014 all to pay for Trump\u2019s tax cuts for billionaires. 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