Quickly on the big bill:
– they released updated (not final) text overnight
– it got worse in many places (energy tax credits specifically) and the nods to moderates are token at best
– Paul, Johnson, and Tillis are confirmed no to move forward today
– Thune can't lose another vote— David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Nothing like spending a summer weekend watching the world’s worst semi-human beings debate the parameters of a bill that seems to have been named after the sprawling monster that comes for greedy children in a third-rate children’s book…
Thune is not very good at this. There's no way McConnell would have let this thing come out without 50 +1.
— Schnorkles O'Bork (@schnorkles.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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I truly think it’s reprehensible that elected Republicans are calling the largest Medicaid cuts in history by far “protecting Medicaid.”
This bill would kick more than ten million people off Medicaid. It isn’t strengthening the program – it’s denying access for millions.— Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Right now, no one knows:
-how large the Medicaid cuts are
-how many people will lose health insurance
-how large the tax cuts are
-who wins/loses by how much
-how much it adds to the deficit
Rs are going at lightning speed BECAUSE they want to pass the “big beautiful bill” before anyone knows— Bobby Kogan (@bbkogan.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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TPM’s live feed: “Senate GOP Keeps Medicaid Cuts, Delays Implementation in Revised ‘Big Beautiful’ Bill”:
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