Thune Claims He’ll Seek Changes To House Budget Bill

The Huffington Post reports:

Senate Republicans aren’t on board with the tax and spending cuts their House counterparts passed Thursday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said his conference would seek changes to the tax side of the bill and the Medicaid side as well.

“We want to do things that are meaningful in terms of reforming programs, strengthening programs, without affecting beneficiaries,” Thune told reporters in response to a question about Medicaid. “So it’s, I would say, right now, still a very active discussion.”

The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act would cut spending on federal health and nutrition programs by $1 trillion to offset part of the cost of nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts intended to be the core of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda.

Read the full article. Thune will have to battle other Republicans who have hailed the House bill.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has begun meeting privately with Senate Republicans who are threatening to derail President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over what they fear could be substantial cuts to Medicaid. https://t.co/Xcc1tQZfbZ pic.twitter.com/1B0NzXJLHR

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“They’re more interested in illegal immigrants getting Medicaid.”

Unacceptable. It’s time to put the American people FIRST! pic.twitter.com/pKctKBBdDL

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