Local progressive groups and unions protested outside U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis' office, urging her to reject Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.' After the Senate passed the bill, concerns arose over its impact on the national deficit and Medicaid spending. The bill proposes a $930 billion cut to Medicaid over 10 years, potentially jeopardizing healthcare access for millions. It includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy, and groups rallied against it, seeking to prevent the bill's passage in the House.
The Senate version proposes cutting Medicaid by $930 billion over 10 years, which experts warn would put millions of low-income and disabled Americans at risk of losing or having restricted access to public healthcare resources.
If the bill is to pass in the House, Republicans can't lose more than three votes and are under pressure from Trump to pass the bill by July 4.
Malliotakis celebrated the bill's first passage in the House in May, calling it a 'big win for hardworking taxpayers'.
Lisa Raymond-Tolan, an organizer with Indivisible Brooklyn, urged Malliotakis to 'stop the bill dead in its tracks' and vote in favor of her constituents.
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