A significant Republican bill to extend Trump's tax cuts and increase military spending encountered a setback when key GOP members voted against it. Trump's frustration was evident in his critique of party dissent. The legislation proposed cuts to Medicaid and food programs but raised concerns among fiscal conservatives about its sustainability and timing of spending reductions. Efforts to navigate party divisions and push the bill forward have been complicated, indicating potential delays in passing it before the Memorial Day recess.
... Five Republican fiscal hawks on the committee joined with all Democrats in voting against the bill, expressing concerns that the bill doesn't cut Medicaid spending enough.
This bill falls profoundly short. It does not do what we say it does with respect to deficits," Texas Rep. Chip Roy said during the markup.
Sadly, I'm a hard no until we get this ironed out," South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman commented about the bill's inadequacies.
Trump was not happy; 'We don't need GRANDSTANDERS' in the Republican Party,' he posted on Truth Social.
Collection
[
|
...
]