All posts tagged "Tax Cuts"

John Harwood says the Republican Party’s current opposition to popular “Obamacare” subsidies for millions of Americans is on track with the party’s stubborn grip on the wrong side of arguments throughout history.

“They said Washington lacked the competence to run [the Social Security System], that the nation couldn’t afford it, that it would impoverish the working class,” Harwood tells Zeteo. “A ‘cruel hoax,’ declared the Republican Party’s leader.”

But in 90 years of operation, Social Security has cut the poverty rate among senior citizens by four-fifths, and it never failed to deliver promised benefits. That didn’t stop the party from using the same “swing-and-miss hysteria” against the creation of medical insurance for the elderly, with conservatives describing Medicare as a “step toward totalitarianism.”...

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are breathing sighs of relief after passing President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Democrats aren’t going to let them relax for long, though.

“Are you celebrating?” Raw Story asked Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL). “Happy?”

“I’m celebrating it’s over,” the former mayor of Miami replied. ...

WASHINGTON — An increasing number of congressional Republicans are nervous that President Donald Trump is forcing them to walk the proverbial plank and pass his “Big Beautiful Bill” — even if that means losing their seat. With the expansive measure stalled in the House, Democrats sense fear in the air.

“I think my colleagues across the aisle are scared,” Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-IL) told Raw Story.

“They know there's a lot of pain. They know it's gonna be tough, but they're even more afraid of Trump.”...

WASHINGTON – Asked if he had read the version of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” the U.S. Senate sent back to the House — amid reported GOP consternation about its contents — one senior Republican congressman admitted he hadn't.

“Have you been able to read the entire bill?” Raw Story asked.

“My view is that, of course, what we have to do is trust the leadership,” Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) said. ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders are rushing to pass President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act before their July Fourth recess, but rank-and-file Republicans from both sides of the party are tapping the brakes on the effort.

While conservative hardliners continue calling for steeper spending cuts, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), a far-right conservative himself, has become one of the loudest voices of opposition to proposed changes to how states pay for Medicaid.

“I don't get it. I don't get why we would punish working people and rural hospitals, and I don't know. I don't understand. It's broken,” Hawley told Raw Story about his party's fixation on slashing care relied on by millions. “I think it's bizarre.”...

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar took issue Wednesday with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) for touting tax cuts and "minimizing" the financial effects tariffs will have on average Americans.

"Would voters appreciate a tax cut more if they weren't taking it in the shorts on tariffs?" Keilar asked.

Malliotakis began, "Look, I think people want to save money and keep more money in their pocket regardless of how it happens. I think that's the Republican principle, is to let people keep more of their hard-earned tax dollars. And we want to try to bring down prices. If we don't want to see the tariffs that are going to impact the price of goods, but as I said, when they did it in China, it didn't necessarily affect those prices —"...