Food stamps, environmental safeguards and denying Ozempic: The ways Republicans could pay for Trump’s tax cuts
6 days, 11 hours ago

Food stamps, environmental safeguards and denying Ozempic: The ways Republicans could pay for Trump’s tax cuts

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump’ and his Congressional allies could add requirements to welfare programs such as Medicaid, withhold prescription drugs from federal health care coverage, repeal environmental regulations and more in order to reduce federal spending and pay for his new round of tax cuts. Here are some ideas Republicans have floated to reduce federal spending and pay for Trump’s tax cuts: open image in gallery Trump wants to reduce taxes for Americans while also limiting federal spending as not to increase U.S. debt Tariffs The president-elect has proposed adding tariffs to imports to supplement lowering taxes for Americans – an idea that many economists have opposed. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests Trump’s proposals could save the U.S. $700 billion in spending. Repeal student loan forgiveness Republicans have been unwelcoming toward Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, Saving on a Valuable Education, and Trump could make their wish come true by canceling it entirely once he takes office.

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"Please take care of us": Low-income Trump voters worry he'll cut benefits they rely on
2 weeks ago

"Please take care of us": Low-income Trump voters worry he'll cut benefits they rely on

Salon  

From low-income voters who supported Donald Trump last month, a plea to the president-elect: don’t cut our benefits. “We helped get you in office; please take care of us,” Mosura said, shifting the conversation as though she were speaking to Trump. “Please don’t cut the things that help the most vulnerable.” Trump has enlisted billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy …

Johnson’s spending nightmare points to grueling GOP problems next year
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Johnson’s spending nightmare points to grueling GOP problems next year

Politico  

In theory, most Republicans support the latter idea, but looking for trillions of dollars in savings could drastically slow down an agenda that the GOP hoped to accomplish in the first 100 days of Trump’s administration. Other Republicans, including some who previously said they would support him, now won’t commit to backing him, despite Trump endorsing Johnson just over a …

'Hit hard': Trump’s budget expected to be especially painful for his supporters
4 weeks ago

'Hit hard': Trump’s budget expected to be especially painful for his supporters

Raw Story  

Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk was a major donor to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and, now that Trump is president-elect, he has picked Musk and MAGA businessman Vivek Ramaswamy to head a proposed new agency called the Department of Government Efficiency. In an article Wednesday, Reuters reporters Andy Sullivan and Ally J. Levine examine possible areas in which Musk and …

Donald Trump 'Can't Guarantee' Tariffs Won't Cost Americans More
1 month ago

Donald Trump 'Can't Guarantee' Tariffs Won't Cost Americans More

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump says he can’t guarantee his plan to impose sweeping tariffs on America’s top trade partners won’t hurt people’s pocketbooks. I can’t guarantee tomorrow.” But during his first major interview since November’s election, he told host Kristen Welker he still believed imposing tariffs on goods from China, Canada, Mexico and beyond would “cost Americans nothing,” contrary …

'Landmines loom over' GOP agenda with warning Congress not 'on the same page' with Trump
1 month ago

'Landmines loom over' GOP agenda with warning Congress not 'on the same page' with Trump

Raw Story  

Republicans in Congress and the incoming Donald Trump administration are facing an internal battle over the president-elect’s “first 100-day agenda” as senators prepare to push border security and energy production over House GOP calls for a tax bill, CNN reports. The strife represents “a preview of the landmines looming over the GOP’s ambitious agenda despite controlling all of Washington,” according …

'What a racket': CBO finds extending Trump tax cuts would shrink U.S. economy
1 month ago

'What a racket': CBO finds extending Trump tax cuts would shrink U.S. economy

Raw Story  

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday that extending provisions of the 2017 Trump-GOP tax law that are set to expire at the end of next year would shrink the U.S. economy over the long run, a finding that came as Republicans planned to move ahead with another round of regressive tax cuts within the first 100 days of the …

Rand Paul: 'You don't get close' to Musk's spending cut goals without key social programs
1 month ago

Rand Paul: 'You don't get close' to Musk's spending cut goals without key social programs

Raw Story  

Sen. Rand Paul said Friday evening on Fox News what many have thought: President-elect Donald Trump's initiative for massive government spending cuts must go after major social programs to work. Proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare, America's flagship basic income and health insurance programs for retirees, is generally considered a third rail in American politics. But Paul is likely …

'Chomping at the bit': Analyst claims Republican just showed rush to slash Social Security
1 month ago

'Chomping at the bit': Analyst claims Republican just showed rush to slash Social Security

Raw Story  

Republicans are already revealing their eagerness to cut earned benefits for millions of Americans, if one House Republican is to be believed. In a recent interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Rep. Richard McCormick said that he aims to convince his fellow lawmakers that "hard decisions" need to be made about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid if his party …

'Have the stomach': Republican claims Dems need to back Social Security and Medicare cuts
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1 month ago

'Have the stomach': Republican claims Dems need to back Social Security and Medicare cuts

Raw Story  

Rep. Richard McCormick told Fox Business that Republicans will desperately need help from Democrats if they intend to cut Social Security and Medicare — both of which are programs Democrats have historically supported. So, Trump's tax cuts and his mass deportation plan will result in adding almost as much as the entire government functioning for a year. "We're gonna have …

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts
1 month, 1 week ago

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts

Hindustan Times  

A tax break for millionaires, and almost everyone else. Government job cuts to “drain the swamp.” Having won the election and sweeping to power, Republicans are planning an ambitious 100-day agenda with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House and GOP lawmakers in a congressional majority to accomplish their policy goals. Trump’s first term became defined by those tax cuts, …

Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts
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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A tax break for millionaires, and almost everyone else. Trump’s first term became defined by those tax cuts, which were approved by Republicans in Congress and signed into law only after their initial campaign promise to “repeal and replace” Democratic President Barack Obama’s health care law sputtered, failing with the famous thumbs-down vote by then-Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. …

Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts

LA Times  

Republican leaders in the House, including Speaker Mike Johnson, center, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, left, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, are planning an ambitious 100-day agenda once President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated. Atop the list is the plan to renew some $4 trillion in expiring GOP tax cuts — a signature domestic achievement of Trump’s first term and an issue …

'Headed for a brawl': Trump's plan reportedly 'dividing GOP lawmakers'
1 month, 1 week ago

'Headed for a brawl': Trump's plan reportedly 'dividing GOP lawmakers'

Raw Story  

On Friday, Politico wrote that Republicans are gearing up for a fight over Trump's new $4.6 trillion tax cut. Politico reported in 2018 that their analysis put Trump's tax cuts at a $2.3 trillion addition to the deficit. The Center of Budget and Policy Priorities revealed in June that the 2017 tax cut passed by Trump and the GOP "skewed …

Musk wants $2 trillion of spending cuts. Here’s why that’s hard.
1 month, 1 week ago

Musk wants $2 trillion of spending cuts. Here’s why that’s hard.

Live Mint  

The U.S. federal government spent $6.75 trillion in the most recent fiscal year ended Sept. 30, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Elon Musk has been tasked alongside biotech company founder Vivek Ramaswamy with leading President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to reduce this government spending through the new Department of Government Efficiency. Social Security benefits cost the government $1.45 trillion in …

The country's social safety net could be in danger as Trump looks to slash spending
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The country's social safety net could be in danger as Trump looks to slash spending

NPR  

The country's social safety net could be in danger as Trump looks to slash spending In Trump's first term, his administration proposed major funding cuts to housing, food and other public benefits. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that one likely target for cuts is the country's social safety net. JENNIFER LUDDEN, BYLINE: President Trump's first administration proposed sweeping cuts to federal …

"No mistake on who they're serving": Republicans eye Medicaid, SNAP cuts to pay for Trump tax plan
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

"No mistake on who they're serving": Republicans eye Medicaid, SNAP cuts to pay for Trump tax plan

Salon  

President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers are eyeing major cuts to federal safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps to balance the cost of their massive tax agenda, The Washington Post reported Monday. “To pay for tax cuts for their billionaire donors, the GOP wants to make food and health care unaffordable and inaccessible for the most vulnerable people …

MAGA allies eye drastic Medicaid and food stamp cuts to fund tax breaks for rich: report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

MAGA allies eye drastic Medicaid and food stamp cuts to fund tax breaks for rich: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump and his allies are floating the idea of major cuts to Medicaid and the food stamp program in order to offset some of the budget deficits created by their desired new round of tax cuts for the rich, reported The Washington Post on Monday. The new tax cuts are a huge priority for Trump and his allies — …

Trump made a lot of tax promises. Can he keep them?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump made a lot of tax promises. Can he keep them?

CNN  

CNN — Seeking to woo targeted groups of voters during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump rolled out plans for a sweeping array of tax breaks, including promises to eliminate levies on tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits, for millions of Americans. “Cutting taxes for the American people, cutting taxes on tips for hard working Americans, on Social Security for …

Tariffs, tax cuts and deportations: What Trump’s policies could mean for America’s economy
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Tariffs, tax cuts and deportations: What Trump’s policies could mean for America’s economy

Firstpost  

Trump campaigned on promises to impose large tariffs on foreign goods, cut taxes for individuals and businesses, and deport millions of undocumented immigrants working in the United States. President-elect Trump has promised to dismantle many of the Biden administration’s policies, pledging substantial tariffs on imports, tax cuts for individuals and businesses, and a crackdown on undocumented immigrants working in the …

Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Fed up with high prices and unimpressed with an economy that by just about any measure is a healthy one, Americans demanded change when they voted for president. Trump policies could boost inflation The Peterson Institute for International Economics, a leading think tank, has estimated that Trump’s policies would slash the U.S. gross domestic product — the total …

Cost-cutting lessons from Musk world for DOGE
2 months ago

Cost-cutting lessons from Musk world for DOGE

Live Mint  

Lessons from the Elon Musk School of Management shed light on how the billionaire will go about slashing government spending in a new Trump White House. Little is known about how exactly President-elect Donald Trump will use the world’s richest man in his coming administration beyond proposing to appoint him to a new government efficiency commission, as “secretary of cost-cutting." …

Trump Economist on Tariffs and Tax Cuts in Second Term
2 months ago

Trump Economist on Tariffs and Tax Cuts in Second Term

Bloomberg  

00:00 We've got a lot of questions for you here, beginning with this market reaction. So when we consider sequencing here, things like tariffs that could potentially hit the economy first before the actual beneficiary impacts of lower taxes is fully felt and recognized in corporate profits and the like. I think there's this misperception that day one of Trump, …

Elon Musk’s ‘crazy’ plan to rip $2 trillion out of America
2 months ago

Elon Musk’s ‘crazy’ plan to rip $2 trillion out of America

The Telegraph  

Dressed all in black, Elon Musk let out a roar. At last week’s Madison Square Garden rally, the billionaire pointed to his black “Make America Great Again” cap proclaiming: “I am dark, gothic Maga.” Once a self-described “socialist”, Musk has emerged as one of Donald Trump’s most prominent and strident supporters in the final few weeks of the US election …

Trump claims he’ll fight for working-class Americans. His first presidency suggests he won’t
2 months ago

Trump claims he’ll fight for working-class Americans. His first presidency suggests he won’t

Salon  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. ProPublica reviewed Trump’s proposed budgets from 2018 to 2021, as well as regulations that he attempted to enact or revise via his cabinet agencies, including the departments of Labor, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services, and also quasi-independent agencies like the National Labor Relations Board and the Social Security Administration. …

Donald Trump Claims 'Nobody's Going To Feel It' When Elon Musk Slashes Government
2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump Claims 'Nobody's Going To Feel It' When Elon Musk Slashes Government

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he’d consider giving billionaire Elon Musk a role slashing the federal government if he returns to the White House next year. Musk, one of Trump’s biggest financial backers, has said that he would subtract trillions from federal spending — and said the cuts would result in “some temporary hardship” for …

Elon Musk Has New Idea For Donald Trump: Giant Budget Cuts
2 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk Has New Idea For Donald Trump: Giant Budget Cuts

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING During Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, campaign surrogate Elon Musk pitched an eyebrow-raising $2 trillion budget cut. Trump has promoted Musk as someone who could identify wasteful federal spending, but a $2 trillion cut would amount to almost a third of the budget and crush a range of popular programs ― especially if …

How Trump’s tariffs would work
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Trump’s tariffs would work

CNN  

Washington CNN — When President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, tariffs are likely to once again play a major role in his policy agenda. On the campaign trail, Vice President Kamala Harris referred to her then-opponent’s tariff policy as a “Trump Tax.” Several independent studies have found that if Trump implements an across-the-board tariff and increases duties on …

How Trump’s tariffs would work
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Trump’s tariffs would work

CNN  

Washington CNN — When President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, tariffs are likely to once again play a major role in his policy agenda. On the campaign trail, Vice President Kamala Harris referred to her then-opponent’s tariff policy as a “Trump Tax.” Several independent studies have found that if Trump implements an across-the-board tariff and increases duties on …

Study shows Trump plan would slash taxes for richest 5%, hike them for everyone else
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Study shows Trump plan would slash taxes for richest 5%, hike them for everyone else

Raw Story  

A detailed new analysis of the tax proposals Republican nominee Donald Trump has floated during the 2024 presidential campaign show they would result in annual tax increases for the bottom 95% of the U.S. income distribution—and a substantial giveaway to the richest 5%. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy described its study, published Monday, as the "most comprehensive analysis …

Expert: Analysis shows Trump tax plan "taking money" from bottom 95% and "giving it" to richest 5%
3 months ago

Expert: Analysis shows Trump tax plan "taking money" from bottom 95% and "giving it" to richest 5%

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump's proposed tax plan would create tax cuts for the nation's top 5% of earners while leaving the rest of Americans to shoulder tax increases by 2026, according to a new analysis. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism The income tax exemptions, green-energy credit repeals and 2017 tax law …

Donald Trump Tax Plans Would Increase Taxes On 95% Of Americans, Analysis Finds
3 months ago

Donald Trump Tax Plans Would Increase Taxes On 95% Of Americans, Analysis Finds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda would amount to a tax increase on the vast majority of American households, according to a new analysis by a Washington, D.C., think tank, thanks largely to his proposed tariffs on imported goods. “We’re doing tariffs on other countries.” The conservative Tax Foundation has said Trump’s tariffs would essentially be …

Trump's plan would add $4 trillion more to U.S. debt compared to Harris', analysis says
3 months ago

Trump's plan would add $4 trillion more to U.S. debt compared to Harris', analysis says

NPR  

Trump's plan would add $4 trillion more to U.S. debt compared to Harris', analysis says toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images With less than a month left until Election Day, both the Harris and Trump campaigns have presented their economic visions to the American people — including proposed tax cuts, border security spending and affordable housing policies. Trump's estimated …

The Scary Truth Behind Donald Trump's Promises To Workers
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Scary Truth Behind Donald Trump's Promises To Workers

Huff Post  

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. JD Vance, the Ohio senator Trump tapped to be his running mate, made this abundantly clear in a Wednesday acceptance speech that railed against “Wall Street barons” and “America’s ruling class in Washington,” in defense of “the working man.” This is not the sort of rhetoric you would have heard at …

Trump’s economic plans include proposed tariffs, tax cuts and no taxes on tips. Details are scarce
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s economic plans include proposed tariffs, tax cuts and no taxes on tips. Details are scarce

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The first night of the Republican National Convention kept its official focus on the economy Monday even after Saturday’s shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania in which former President Donald Trump was injured. The platform would address illegal immigration in part with the “largest deportation program in American history.” And Trump would also scrap President Joe Biden’s policies …

Tuning into the narratives in the American election
6 months, 1 week ago

Tuning into the narratives in the American election

The Hindu  

In this year of successive world-wide elections, the issues in the United States presidential election, to be held in November, have not yet aroused considerable scrutiny. In the current deeply polarised setting, opinion polls show that supporters of the former Republican President, Donald Trump, will do so again; and the same applies to the current Democrat President, Joe Biden’s followers. …

Mike Pence’s foundation launches a $10 million election-year campaign to preserve Trump-era tax cuts
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mike Pence’s foundation launches a $10 million election-year campaign to preserve Trump-era tax cuts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts that are set to expire after next year as he presses conservatives not to stray from the fight before the November election. Democratic President Joe Biden has proposed keeping the tax cuts for people making under $400,000 a year while …

Trump's "all-tariff" proposal would increase middle-class taxes by up to $8,500 a year: analysis
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump's "all-tariff" proposal would increase middle-class taxes by up to $8,500 a year: analysis

Salon  

Donald Trump last week floated the idea of an "all-tariff policy" that he told Republican senators would enable the U.S. to get rid of its income tax." Trump's separately proposed 10% tax on all imports, and 60% tax on all imports from China, specifically, would also raise costs for average Americans, according to the analysis, amounting to a $2,500 annual …

Trump's idea to replace income taxes with tariffs is a "sure way" to hurt the poor and help the rich
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump's idea to replace income taxes with tariffs is a "sure way" to hurt the poor and help the rich

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed a new solution to getting rid of the U.S. income tax: an “all tariff policy," the preemptive Republican nominee told GOP lawmakers, according to CNBC. In the meeting, Trump's first visit back to Capitol Hill since Jan 6, 2021, Trump attended a Republican "pep talk" in which he reiterated his belief that import …

Trump tries to woo billionaire CEOs with promise of another round of tax cuts: report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump tries to woo billionaire CEOs with promise of another round of tax cuts: report

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is trying to push the billionaire businessman class back into his camp with a promise of another round of corporate tax cuts, this time reducing the rate from 21 percent to 20 percent. According to The New York Times, "Mr. Trump made the remarks from a comfortable gray armchair during a conversation with his former economic …

Use Expiring Trump Tax Cuts To Overhaul The Entire Tax System, Groups Say
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Use Expiring Trump Tax Cuts To Overhaul The Entire Tax System, Groups Say

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The $4.6 trillion in tax cuts that expire next year offer a chance to completely revamp the U.S. tax system that should not be missed, more than 100 progressive and economic groups said Tuesday. “Congress should pursue reforms — including corporate tax reforms — that stem the decades-long tide of tax cuts for the rich and corporations …

Extending Trump tax cuts would add $4.6 trillion to deficit: CBO
8 months ago

Extending Trump tax cuts would add $4.6 trillion to deficit: CBO

Raw Story  

As former U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans campaign on extending their 2017 tax cuts if elected in November, a government analysis revealed Wednesday that doing so would add $4.6 trillion to the national deficit. The new CBO report—sought by U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chair Sheldon Whitehouse and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden —says continuing the income, business, …

Trump 'open' to slashing taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare: report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump 'open' to slashing taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare: report

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is toying with the idea of promising a large tax cut for the middle class as part of his 2024 re-election campaign — and one way he might do it is to raid the funding for Social Security and Medicare. According to Gram Slattery of Reuters, "Donald Trump has indicated to advisers he is keen on …

Republicans rip Biden's 'reckless' $7.3 trillion budget that will 'accelerate America's decline': Top GOP members says plan is a 'another example of disregard for fiscal responsibility'
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Republicans rip Biden's 'reckless' $7.3 trillion budget that will 'accelerate America's decline': Top GOP members says plan is a 'another example of disregard for fiscal responsibility'

Daily Mail  

House Republican leadership tore into President Biden's new budget plan for fiscal year 2025, deeming it a 'roadmap to accelerate America's decline.' House Republican leadership tore into President Biden's new budget plan for fiscal year 2025, deeming it a 'roadmap to accelerate America's decline' The White House plans to pay for its ambition agenda - which includes $3 billion for …

Biden unveils a budget that would cut costs for families and hike taxes for the rich
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden unveils a budget that would cut costs for families and hike taxes for the rich

NPR  

Biden unveils a budget that would cut costs for families and hike taxes for the rich Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The White House unveiled a new $7.3 trillion federal budget proposal on Monday, a plan that would hike taxes on billionaires and large corporations to pay for programs that would cut costs for …

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy
1 year ago

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy

NPR  

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on the economy Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The classic …

'Tax scam': Republicans follow debt ceiling fight by proposing tax cuts for wealthy
1 year, 6 months ago

'Tax scam': Republicans follow debt ceiling fight by proposing tax cuts for wealthy

Raw Story  

After threatening to force the government into default over the debt ceiling, Republican lawmakers Friday introduced new tax cuts that could add at least $21 billion to the national deficit over the next decade. Three new GOP-backed bills would cut taxes for large companies, small businesses, and individual families while reducing clean energy tax incentives to pay for it. "This …

Republicans Pitch Cuts To Federal Food Benefits
1 year, 9 months ago

Republicans Pitch Cuts To Federal Food Benefits

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — All year, Republicans have said they want President Joe Biden to agree to major spending cuts without saying what cuts they want. Dusty Johnson on Tuesday introduced legislation that would expand “work requirements” in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal policy often known as food stamps that helps more than 20 million households buy …

GOP taking budget advice from Trump official who wants to cut $2 trillion from Medicaid
1 year, 10 months ago

GOP taking budget advice from Trump official who wants to cut $2 trillion from Medicaid

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. The right-wing official who served as budget director for the Trump administration is reportedly playing a significant advisory role for House Republicans as they seek to leverage a fast-approaching debt ceiling crisis to enact spending cuts that would disproportionately impact low-income households. According toThe Washington Post, former Office of Management and Budget chief …

'Need to stop Biden's excess spending': Trump warns Republicans to avoid cuts to medicare, social security
1 year, 11 months ago

'Need to stop Biden's excess spending': Trump warns Republicans to avoid cuts to medicare, social security

India Today  

Former US President Donald Trump, who launched his 2024 presidential re-election bid in November, on Friday urged Republicans in Congress not to cut “a single penny” from medicare or social security. He warned his fellow Republicans not to "destroy" federal retirement and health benefits as they try to exact spending cuts from President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies in …

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