{"id":1051625,"date":"2025-02-21T17:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051625"},"modified":"2025-02-21T17:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T22:25:48","slug":"republicans-lay-out-devastating-agenda-that-puts-tax-handouts-for-billionaires-over-americans-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-lay-out-devastating-agenda-that-puts-tax-handouts-for-billionaires-over-americans-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Lay Out Devastating Agenda That Puts Tax Handouts for Billionaires Over Americans\u2019 Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Senate Republicans moving forward with their disastrous budget resolution that puts Americans last, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast night, MAGA Republicans voted <em>six times<\/em> to protect tax giveaways for the ultra-wealthy while putting critical programs for working families like Medicaid on the chopping block. Senate Republicans\u2019 corrupt agenda sets the stage to gut health care coverage for tens of millions of Americans and give tax handouts to billionaires. It\u2019s wrong \u2013 and hardworking families are taking notice. Mark my words: Republicans will be held accountable for their runaway greed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Republicans revealed their disastrous funding agenda focused on putting working families last by putting Medicare and Medicaid, SNAP, and the Affordable Care Act on the chopping block while repeatedly protecting handouts for the ultra-wealthy, voting to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StevenTDennis\/status\/1892724976802750806\">Protect Trump\u2019s massive tax handouts<\/a> for the ultra-wealthy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatePPG\/status\/1892735099709301168\">again<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatePPG\/status\/1892783430431109335\">again<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatePPG\/status\/1892862256905433151\">again<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1892862594165146016\">again<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatePress\/status\/1892863129781940463\">again<\/a> throughout the night\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support Trump and Musk\u2019s reckless mass firings and funding cuts, including firing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1892776896250716291\">desperately needed federal firefighters<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1892809710249599114\">Medicaid and Medicare<\/a> on the chopping block<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1892787976377114946\">Medicaid funding<\/a> to pay for tax cuts for billionaires\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gut access to<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatePPG\/status\/1892793392565756203\"> maternal and pediatric health care<\/a> through Medicaid\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1892835223945040357\">Affordable Care Act tax credits<\/a> expire for millions of Americans\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Force kids to go hungry every day in classrooms across the country by putting\u00a0 the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatePress\/status\/1892830521387839829\">National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs<\/a> at risk\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refuse to support efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatePress\/status\/1892753506966044988\">lower the cost of housing<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave veterans exposed to toxic substances out in the cold by refusing to protect funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatePress\/status\/1892854677953241201\">the PACT Act<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1892861363669684474\">Gut SNAP benefits<\/a> that help put food on the table for hundreds of millions of Americans\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refuse to lower <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatePPG\/status\/1892870057463517575\">prescription drug costs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1892845659385950707\">Risk IVF access<\/a> for millions across the country\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Republicans are building on Trump\u2019s reckless agenda of mass firings and funding cuts that has already gutted critical programs and agencies that Americans rely on every single day. So far Trump has:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Frozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/02\/10\/farmers-agriculture-funding-frozen\/\">millions of dollars<\/a> already promised to farmers across the country\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/02\/06\/trump-usaid-money-american-farms\/\">$340 million<\/a> worth of purchases from U.S. farmers\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gutted economic assistance programs for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/26\/climate\/trump-environmental-justice-rural-poor-communities\/index.html\">poor, rural Americans<\/a> and froze plans to save rural small businesses, farmers, and communities over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarymedia.com\/articles\/policy-regulation\/trumps-climate-spending-freeze-is-already-causing-serious-economic-harm\">$20 million<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fired officials working on Medicare and Medicaid initiatives aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/16\/mass-firings-health-agencies-00204570\">improving care<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Risked <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/head-start-blackouts-trump-6e7655e56c0b451092411e7fdd1def2e\">shutting down<\/a> Head Start preschools across the country, leaving parents stranded without child care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gutted funding to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AliRogin\/status\/1887584337400360983\">community health centers<\/a> across the country, leaving millions of Americans without access to critical and life-saving treatment\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blocked the VA from hiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/02\/12\/musk-trump-federal-layoffs\/\">\u201cbadly needed\u201d<\/a> doctors and nurses, putting our veterans\u2019 hard-earned benefits at risk while slashing critical <a href=\"https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/veterans-affairs\/2025\/02\/va-employees-feel-impact-from-policies-shaking-up-federal-workforce-despite-exemptions\/?readmore=1\">mental health care services<\/a> for veterans\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/09\/business\/cfpb-vought-stop-activity\/index.html\">Closed<\/a> the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after it put <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250209013534\/https:\/www.consumerfinance.gov\/enforcement\/enforcement-by-the-numbers\/\">$19.7 BILLION<\/a> back in Americans\u2019 pockets\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threatened <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JStein_WaPo\/status\/1884282934666092650\">Medicaid<\/a> payments, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-f9948b9996c0ca971f0065fac85737ce\">SNAP<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/01\/27\/trump-white-house-orders-freeze-on-federal-grants-loans\/\">school breakfast<\/a> programs that tens of millions of Americans rely on every single day\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Risked seniors going hungry, pausing funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arthurdelaneyhp\/status\/1884257138421424387?s=46\">Meals on Wheels<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cut the HHS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/16\/mass-firings-health-agencies-00204570\">Strategic Preparedness and Response unit<\/a> that is responsible for combating threats like bird flu\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ended the military\u2019s successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-02-07\/military-freezes-all-sex-assault-training-in-response-to-trump-executive-order\">sexual assault prevention training program<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Risked Americans\u2019 safety in the skies, firing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/concerns-about-air-safety-grow-trump-administration-cuts-more-staff-from-faa\">hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forced small businesses across the country to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/02\/06\/layoffs-furloughs-government-contracts-grants\/\">lay off<\/a> employees\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Halted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/us\/politics\/grant-funding-freeze-nonprofits.html\">financial<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/02\/06\/politics\/nonprofits-funding-trump-freeze\">medical<\/a> assistance for Americans with disabilities\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stopped the onboarding of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/trumps-freeze-stalls-federal-firefighter-hiring-rcna191001\">thousands of firefighters<\/a>, placing vulnerable communities at risk on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/trumps-freeze-stalls-federal-firefighter-hiring-rcna191001\">eve<\/a> of fire season\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gutted the World Trade Center Health Program, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/02\/18\/trump-musk-doge-911-responders-terrorist-attacks\/79095473007\/\">\u201clifeline\u201d<\/a> to 9\/11 first responders, threatening critical health care for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/02\/18\/trump-musk-doge-911-responders-terrorist-attacks\/79095473007\/\">130,000 WTC Health Program members<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fired officials and scientists in charge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/02\/19\/nx-s1-5301216\/federal-layoffs-fda-drug-safety-animals\">ensuring Americans\u2019 food is safe<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fired staff in charge of ensuring Americans\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/02\/19\/nx-s1-5301216\/federal-layoffs-fda-drug-safety-animals\">beloved pets\u2019 drugs are healthy and safe<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/19\/nasa-layoffs-nsf-science-future-fears\">Risked<\/a> the future of U.S. global leadership in science and technology as we face growing competition from China\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threatened funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JStein_WaPo\/status\/1884274270139756777\">homeless veterans\u2019 shelters<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paused research on cures for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/27\/us\/politics\/white-house-pauses-federal-grants.html?smid=url-share\">childhood cancer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This latest attack on working families comes after Republicans doubled down on their plans to put Medicaid on the chopping block to pay for Trump\u2019s handout for the ultra-wealthy, devastating working families, seniors, children, and rural Americans.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1892789564856570345\">Sahil Kapur<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Chuck Schumer offered an amendment to the Republican budget resolution to prohibit tax cuts for the wealthy if even $1 is cut from Medicaid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was rejected 49-51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cDemocrats unanimously voted YES<\/strong>, joined by Collins and Hawley. <strong>Other Republicans voted NO<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/02\/20\/nx-s1-5303475\/republicans-medicaid-cuts-trump-hospitals\">NPR<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Medicaid is under threat \u2014 again. Republicans \u2026 are pushing proposals that could sharply cut funding to the government health insurance program for poor and disabled Americans, as a way to finance President Trump&#8217;s agenda for tax cuts <\/strong>\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Since Trump took office, Republicans in Washington have discussed making changes to Medicaid<\/strong>, particularly by requiring that enrollees prove they are working. Because most enrollees already work, go to school, or serve as caregivers or have a disability, critics say such a requirement would simply add red tape to obtaining coverage, with little impact on employment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/trump-republicans-gop-medicaid-expansion-aca-obamacare-matching\/\">KFF Health News<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans in Washington say they plan to use funding cuts and regulatory changes to dramatically shrink Medicaid, the <strong>nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that, along with the related Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program, serves about 79 million mostly low-income or disabled Americans.<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cAdvocates for poor people fear GOP funding cuts will leave more Americans without insurance, making it harder for them to get care.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the GOP\u2019s plans to shrink Medicaid are realized, Democrats and <strong>health experts say, low-income people forced to buy private insurance would face challenges paying monthly premiums<\/strong> and the large copayments and deductibles common to commercial plans that typically don\u2019t exist in Medicaid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ccf.georgetown.edu\/2025\/01\/15\/cuts-to-medicaid-will-shift-costs-to-families-providers-and-will-be-especially-harmful-to-rural-communities\/\">Georgetown University Center for Children and Families<\/a>: \u201cCuts to Medicaid Will Shift Costs to Families, Providers and Will Be Especially Harmful to Rural Communities\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cMedicaid covers almost 80 million people in total<\/strong> \u2013 roughly four times as many people as covered by the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces and considerably more than the roughly 48 million seniors covered by Medicare. <strong>This is particularly true in rural areas where a higher share of residents are covered by Medicaid. Rural areas face greater challenges in their health ecosystems as their residents have higher rates of chronic diseases, hospitals are operating on tighter margins, and provider shortages are more acute.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/24\/science\/medicaid-cutbacks-elderly-nursing-homes.html?_r=0\">New York Times<\/a>: <strong>\u201cMedicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skillednursingnews.com\/2025\/01\/devastating-medicaid-cuts-in-republican-crosshairs-with-nursing-homes-seen-as-bearing-major-pain\/\">Skilled Nursing News<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Devastating\u2019: Medicaid Cuts in Republican Crosshairs, With Nursing Homes Seen as Bearing Major Pain\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018Any serious Medicaid cuts will have a major impact on long-term supports and services, broadly defined to include nursing homes, home health and personal care,\u2019 [Brian] Ellsworth told Skilled Nursing News. \u2018Those services comprise over a third of Medicaid spending nationally and would certainly be under the chopping block at the state level if serious cuts were made to Medicaid in Washington.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Senate Republicans moving forward with their disastrous budget resolution that puts Americans last, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cLast night, MAGA Republicans voted six times to protect tax giveaways for the ultra-wealthy while putting critical programs for working families like Medicaid on the chopping block. 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