{"id":1052924,"date":"2025-05-16T13:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052924"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:16:33","slug":"democrats-beat-back-gops-billionaire-first-agenda-to-gut-critical-programs-for-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democrats-beat-back-gops-billionaire-first-agenda-to-gut-critical-programs-for-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Beat Back GOP\u2019s Billionaire First Agenda to Gut Critical Programs for Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to House Republicans on the Budget Committee failing to advance their disastrous budget, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump and House Republicans\u2019 budget is a slap in the face to every single hardworking American across the country. Forcing children and families to starve, stripping away health care, and destroying local economies just to give the ultra-wealthy another round of tax handouts isn\u2019t \u2018America First\u2019 \u2014 it\u2019s a \u2018billionaire first\u2019 agenda. That is why Democrats across the country stood up for working families, organized, and fought back against the GOP\u2019s disastrous agenda. Make no mistake: This is just round one. Just because we stopped Republicans today doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ll stop trying to harm people. Republicans will keep pushing to gut Medicaid and slash food assistance, but Democrats will keep fighting for hardworking Americans every chance we get and hold the GOP accountable at the ballot box.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After House Republicans on the Budget Committee failed to advance their funding agenda to make Trump\u2019s tax scam permanent and fund <\/strong>\u201cmore [tax] breaks\u201d<\/strong><\/a> for the ultra-wealthy, Republicans made it clear they will try again. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordain Carney, Politico<\/a>: \u201cHouse Budget Committee fails to advance GOP\u2019s reconciliation plan in 16-21 vote<\/strong>, with GOP Reps. Norman, Roy, Brecheen, Clyde, Smucker voting no.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meredith Lee Hill, Politico<\/a>: \u201c-@RepMcClintock leaving failed megabill vote \u2014 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018we fall back and regroup\u2019\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cLow-income families would lose, wealthier ones would gain under GOP tax proposals\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLow-income families stand to lose hundreds if not thousands of dollars in income while wealthy ones will gain even more<\/strong>, according to a new analysis of Congressional Republican tax and budget proposals. \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe report estimated that families with a modified adjusted gross income of less than $10,000 would lose over $2,700<\/strong> (or nearly a 15% reduction in income). Families who make between $10,000 and $20,000 would lose over $800<\/strong>, or about 4.4% reduction in income, while families who make between $20,000 and $30,000 would lose $400<\/strong>, or about 1.5% reduction in income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn comparison, families with higher incomes would benefit<\/strong> from the extension of the 2017 tax cuts.\u201d
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Axios<\/a>: \u201cThe draft legislation would extend the cuts in the 2017 tax bill, and it adds on some more breaks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome will benefit the wealthiest, including a permanent increase to the deduction for pass-through income to 22% from 20%, plus a hike for the estate tax exemption<\/strong>, which would shield more inheritances from taxes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To pay for their tax giveaways for billionaires, House Republicans voted to gut Medicaid and slash food assistance<\/strong> <\/strong>for millions of Americans. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe House Energy and Commerce Committee, in a 30-to-24 party-line vote, advanced<\/strong> the health care section of the GOP\u2019s sweeping tax bill that would slash Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions<\/strong> of dollars.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe House Agriculture Committee voted 29-25 along party lines to <\/strong>advance legislation that would cut as much as $300 billion in food aid spending to pay for Republicans\u2019 domestic policy megabill\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GOP\u2019s budget will strip away health care from nearly 14 million Americans and devastate our children, seniors, and rural communities. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>: \u201cCBO\u2019s early estimates show that at least 13.7 million people would lose coverage and become uninsured because of the Medicaid cuts and the ACA marketplace restrictions in this committee legislation, <\/strong>as well as the fact that the budget legislation does not extend expiring marketplace premium tax credit improvements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Virginia Watch<\/a>: \u201cMedicaid cuts could hurt older adults who rely on home care, nursing homes\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

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 moving to pass the largest cuts to food assistance in American history, jeopardizing a program that 42 million Americans rely on and forcing families and children to starve. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe GOP proposal would create the largest overhaul in decades to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps more than 42 million people in the U.S. pay for food,<\/strong> by forcing states to share the cost of SNAP benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cAnti-hunger advocates slam House Republicans’ proposed budget cut to SNAP as \u2018unconscionable\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans and Democrats agree \u2014 this disastrous, billionaire-first agenda will cost hardworking Americans their jobs and devastate local economies to the tune of billions of dollars. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cBut some Senate Republicans say abruptly cutting off [clean energy] credits and changing key provisions that help fund projects more quickly could stifle investments<\/strong> in energy technologies needed to meet growing power demand, and lead to job losses for manufacturing and electricity projects<\/strong> in their states and districts.\u201d <\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to House Republicans on the Budget Committee failing to advance their disastrous budget, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:  \u201cDonald Trump and House Republicans\u2019 budget is a slap in the face to every single hardworking American across the country. 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