{"id":1052957,"date":"2025-05-20T19:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052957"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:15:40","slug":"advisory-100-am-tonight-republicans-vote-to-rip-away-health-care-and-food-assistance-from-millions-to-fund-billionaire-tax-handouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/advisory-100-am-tonight-republicans-vote-to-rip-away-health-care-and-food-assistance-from-millions-to-fund-billionaire-tax-handouts\/","title":{"rendered":"***ADVISORY*** 1:00 AM TONIGHT: Republicans Vote to Rip Away Health Care and Food Assistance From Millions to Fund Billionaire Tax Handouts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On <strong>Wednesday, May 21, at 1:00 AM ET, House Republicans on the Rules Committee <\/strong>are meeting to vote to throw the American people under the bus to fund another round of tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Under cover of darkness, Republicans are set to advance their catastrophic budget to gut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/12\/us\/politics\/republicans-medicaid-cuts.html\">Medicaid<\/a> and slash <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bgov.com\/bloomberg-government-news\/gop-plans-anti-hunger-spending-rollback-to-cover-trump-agenda\">food assistance<\/a>, devastating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/food-assistance\/millions-of-low-income-households-would-lose-food-aid-under-proposed-house\">working families<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/24\/science\/medicaid-cutbacks-elderly-nursing-homes.html?_r=0\">seniors<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/the-trump-administration-cracked-down-on-medicaid-kids-lost-insurance\">children<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ccf.georgetown.edu\/2025\/01\/15\/cuts-to-medicaid-will-shift-costs-to-families-providers-and-will-be-especially-harmful-to-rural-communities\/\">rural communities<\/a> all across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GOP knows hardworking Americans won\u2019t stand for their \u201cbillionaire first\u201d agenda \u2014 that\u2019s why they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/03\/04\/congress\/gop-town-halls-richard-hudson-00210024\">hiding<\/a> from their constituents and voting in the dead of night. While Republicans are too scared to show their faces, Democrats are fighting for working families and will make sure the American people know who to blame.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHAT: <\/strong>Republicans Vote to Advance \u201cBillionaire First\u201d Agenda&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHO:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Eric Houchin (R-IN)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rep. Brian Jack (R-GA)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>Wednesday,<strong> <\/strong>May 21 at 1:00 AM ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHERE: <\/strong>To watch Republicans vote to gut programs their constituents rely on, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/event\/house-committee\/house-rules-debates-pres-trumps-tax-spending-cuts-proposal\/433350\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, May 21, at 1:00 AM ET, House Republicans on the Rules Committee are meeting to vote to throw the American people under the bus to fund another round of tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. 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