All posts tagged "Big Beautiful Bill"

A GOP lawmaker was heckled and booed by angry town hall attendees because of his support for President Donald Trump's signature bill, according to reports.

Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) was "drowned with boos" after he touted voting for the Big Beautiful Bill during a town hall in Nebraska, according to a post on X by American Bridge 21st Century, a Democratic super PAC and opposition-research group.

A video accompanying the post showed that Flood was asked what he would do to support benefits for people with disabilities. He answered by talking about the Big Beautiful Bill, which Trump pushed through Congress last year. Flood claimed the bill "protected Medicaid."...

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) questioned Project 2025 architect Russell Vought over stunning claims he made during a House Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump's budget chief was testifying before Congress when he was questioned about the potential loss of healthcare anticipated for 15 million Americans under the Big Beautiful Bill and Trump's fiscal 2027 White House budget request. Boyle described how the legislation has added to the country's deficit and debt — an estimated $4 trillion — more than any other piece of legislation passed by Congress in American history.

"In addition to the over $4 trillion it adds to our national debt, it eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans, according to the CBO. The Kaiser Family Foundation says it's actually more than 17 million Americans will lose their healthcare," Boyle said. "Are they really all, according to you, really, you're going to sit here with a straight face and say they're all illegals, they're all defrauding the system. That's really your position?"...

RFK Jr is being reined in by Donald Trump who believes the Department of Health and Human Services has pushed the health industry too far, according to a report.

Analysis from Politico writer Amanda Chu suggests a split between the president and the health services head, who has made his thoughts on vaccinations and processed foods clear in recent weeks. But the administration has waded in with overarching changes to hinder RFK Jr, as a Trump's signature Big Beautiful Bill law looks to put a stop to some of the health secretary's moves.

Chu wrote, "Kennedy sees America’s medical schools as bastions of groupthink that ignore the root causes of disease. But newly proposed caps on student loans that stem from the law would favor establishment institutions over nontraditional schools aligned with Kennedy’s view that Americans are sicker than ever because of what they eat, the chemicals they’re exposed to, and how little exercise they get."...

CNN data analyst Harry Enten claimed Friday that constituents hate President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill so much that the issue is threatening to eat lawmakers alive this summer.

All across the country, voters have been voicing their displeasure with the bill that gives tax breaks to the rich and puts conditions on Medicaid and Social Security, among other provisions.

In addition, the bill is expected to add $3.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)....

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent added a new wrinkle to the debate over what to do about the future of Social Security, since experts have warned the social safety net will be depleted by 2033.

At a forum hosted by Breitbart News on Wednesday, Bessent claimed that the tax-deferred children's investment accounts, called Trump Accounts in the Big Beautiful Bill, “is a back door for privatizing Social Security."

The plan's architect, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), claimed that giving $1,000 seed money from the Treasury to “every child born in America" will "help them begin the journey of savings and benefit from the wonders of compound interest."...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) clapped back when confronted with comments by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in the wake of the Manhattan mass shooting that claimed the lives of an NYPD police officer and four others.

Stefanik has said she intends to run for governor in the future, but was not ready to make an announcement quite yet.

CNN's Manu Raju read Stefanik's social media posts following the tragedy. She aimed at both Hochul and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, calling him "Kathy Hochul’s very own Commie Mamdani" for participating in the 2020 "Defund the Police" campaign....