Instructions from The parliamentarian Is rarely ignored and the Republican leaders are now forced to consider difficult options. The Republicans counted on big ones Reasons for Medicaid and other programs Compensate trillions of dollars in Trump tax breaksYour top priority. In addition, the parliamentarian, who advised the senate’s chief counter for his often complicated rules, advised against various GOP regulations that refer to certain immigrants from health programs.
The Republicans urged on Thursday to react, some demanded a challenge or ever stated. The impartial parliamentarianthat has been in use since 2012.
“We have emergency plans,” said Majority leader John Thune from South Dakota.
The expected voices on Friday seem to slide, but Thune insisted that “we plow forward”.
The Democrats, which are uniform against the package as a tax gift for the rich at the expense of the American security network programs, said that process -related decisions would destroy the GOP package.
Senator Ron Wyden, the Supreme Democrat in the Senate Finance Committee, said the Republican proposals would mean 250 billion US dollars less for the health program: ”
Trump wants to have measures on the bill
The result is a setback because the Republicans of the Senate run to a weekend meeting to say goodbye to the law and send it back to the house in front of the house Trump’s deadline on July fourth. Trump organized House Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP legislators in the East Room of the White House, together with truck drivers, firefighters, top workers, cattle breeders and others, of whom the administration says they will benefit from the invoice.
“We don’t want to have grandstands,” said Trump about the GOP -Holdouts.
Trump said there are “hundreds of things” in the up -and -coming tax package, expenses and strengthened Money to carry out his mass shifting plans. “It’s so good.”
What is at stake
Essentially the big bill that has passed the house And is now being revised in the Senate, tax benefits of 3.8 trillion dollars, which were approved during Trump’s first term, will expire in December, which will expose a tax increase if the congress does not act. In order to compensate for the income from lost income, the Republicans rely on steep reductions for health and food brands and impose new fees.
GOP leaders already had difficulty collecting the support of Medicaid changes, some senators said they had gone too far and had left millions without reporting. The impartial congress office said that more than 10.9 million people had no health care under the Bill; The Republicans of the Senate suggested deeper cuts.
After the parliamentarian was advised against them Tax change from Medicaid providerRepublicans said they would try to revise the destination to make them acceptable, possibly by expanding the start date of the changes. They hurry to find similar adjustments to other suggestions that encounter violations, including one to change them Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Food Markers.
Everything is delayed on the law, but the Republican leaders have little choice. They count on the restrictions on health care to save billions of dollars and compensate for the costs of trillion dollars of tax cuts.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Rs.c., the chairman of the household committee, declined calls to dismiss the parliamentarian, and said in an explanation that he had worked with the office to “find a way forward”.
GOP torn over Medicaid cuts
States impose the so -called provider tax on hospitals and other companies to finance Medicaid, mainly by increasing the reimbursements they receive from the federal government. Critics say that the system is a kind of “laundry”, but almost every state except Alaska uses it to provide reporting on health care.
The invoice recorded in the house would freeze the tax, while the Senate would reduce the tax that some states may impose.
Several GOP senators have refused against the taxes of the Medicaid providers and said that it would damage rural hospitals that depend on the money. Hospital organizations have warned that this could lead to hospital closures.
Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo.
“I think it only confirms that we were not yet ready for a vote,” said Senator Thom Tillis, Rn.C.
More than 80 million people in the United States use the Medicaid program alongside the Affordable Care Act by Obama era. The Republicans want Medicaid to trace his original mission and mainly look after women and children instead of a much larger group of people.
In order to cover the income from the hospitals, a plan by the Republicans would have thought that a rural hospital fund with $ 15 billion would have created as a backup. Some GOP senators said that was too much; Others, including Senator Susan Collins from Maine, wanted at least $ 100 billion.
Difficult decisions ahead
The parliamentarian worked around the clock to assess legislation and ensure that it corresponds to the so-called Byrd rule, named after the late Senator Robert C. Byrd from West Virginia. It is essentially excluded political affairs in budget supply calculations.
If managers progress without changing the provisions, the measures could be questioned what a 60-vote threshold requires to overcome objections. That would be a big order in a Senate, divided 53-47 and with the Democrat against Trump’s law.
“It’s pretty frustrating,” said Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla, who wants to be steeper.
On Wednesday, the parliamentarian advised against the repayment of GOP student loans, and on Thursday the parliamentarian quoted those who have blocked access to Medicaid and other health programs by immigrants who are not citizens, have blocked access to Medicaid and other health programs. Previously, it was also found that plans to affect the consumer’s financial protection office violate the rules.
But Senator Kevin Cramer, Rn.D. “It is institutional integrity,” he said. “Even if I am 100% convinced, it is wrong.”
At the same time, the Republicans lost another potential source of income on Thursday after approval To an inquiry from Finance Minister Scott Bessent to remove the so -called Racheuenuervorie, Section 899, This would have made it possible for the government to impose taxes with foreign owners and investors from certain countries. Bessent said he had made a separate agreement with such countries.
