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Reasonable Home Republicans are telling management in each the Home and Senate that they are going to vote in opposition to the Senate model of the Large Stunning Invoice if the adjustments that Senate Republicans made to Medicaid keep within the laws.
A gaggle of 16 Home Republicans — led by extra reasonable Rep. David Valadao — despatched a letter to Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday suggesting they’re ready to vote in opposition to the laws that comes out of the Senate if it features a reduce to the Medicaid supplier tax.
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The Home members additionally say they’re involved concerning the “rushed implementation timelines, penalties for growth states, adjustments to the neighborhood engagement necessities for adults with dependents, and cuts to emergency Medicaid funding.”
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“Defending Medicaid is crucial for the susceptible constituents we have been elected to characterize. Due to this fact, we can not help a ultimate invoice that threatens entry to protection or jeopardizes the soundness of our hospitals and suppliers,” the members wrote.
The record of Representatives who signed this invoice reads like who’s who of endangered 2026 Home Republicans together with Valadao, Rob Bresnahan, Younger Kim, Mike Lawler, Juan Ciscomani, Chuck Edwards, Andrew Garbarino, Jen Kiggans, Jeff Van Drew, Dan Newhouse, Rob Wittman, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Don Bacon, Zach Nunn, Nicole Malliotakis and Jeff Hurd.
The unique Home invoice handed by a single vote, so if even a number of of those Republicans determine that they’re no votes on the Senate model, this cycle of the invoice could be lifeless.
The Senate must begin over once more. The Home model of the invoice can’t move the Senate, which signifies that if the Senate passes its personal model, the 2 variations of the invoice must go to convention and be negotiated down to 1 ultimate invoice.
All of this might take months, and that signifies that Trump received’t be signing the laws by the 4th of July.
The Large Stunning Invoice is in large lovely hassle. The Senate is predicted to vote on its model of the invoice beginning on Friday and persevering with by way of the weekend.
The prospects for the invoice look dicey at finest. The protests and public outcries are working. Home Republicans are fearful about dropping their jobs, and if the American folks hold the stress on, they may defeat the Large Stunning Invoice.
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