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Republicans Block Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Because It Doesn't Take Healthcare Away From Enough People

Republicans Block Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Because It Doesn't Take Healthcare Away From Enough People

Five Republicans on the House Budget Committee blocked Trump's Big Beautiful Bill because it doesn't make deep enough cuts and throw more people off of their healthcare.

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Five conservatives blocked the House Budget Committee from blocking Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, and the reason why isn’t because they oppose cutting healthcare and food for the American people, but the Republicans felt that the bill does not cut enough.

The New York Times reported:

Five Republicans representatives — Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, and Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania — joined Democrats in voting to block the legislation. The vote was 16 to 21 on a motion to advance the bill.

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But the conservatives are demanding changes to the bill, arguing that their leaders did not go far enough to cut federal spending. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan group that calls for lower deficits, estimated that the bill would add roughly $3.3 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. A number of House co…

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