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Senate Republicans Rally Behind Tillis After Trump Criticism
Tillis’s exit leaves Republicans with a precarious task: defending a critical Senate seat in a purple state during a presidential election cycle.
Tillis’s exit leaves Republicans with a precarious task: defending a critical Senate seat in a purple state during a presidential election cycle.
However, critics argue the bill could significantly increase federal deficits and reduce social safety nets.
McConnell reportedly told fellow Senate Republicans: "I know a lot of us are hearing from people back home about Medicaid. But they'll get over it."
The bill also includes additional measures to secure support from Republican holdouts, such as a fund for rural hospitals reliant on Medicaid funding.
On Friday, Schumer pledged to force Senate clerks to read the entire bill aloud on the Senate floor, a process expected to take up to 15 hours.
The legislation’s progress is significant to taxpayers and policymakers, as its provisions could reshape key areas such as Medicaid, artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, and federal tax deductions.
But Greene, a staunch Trump ally, struck a different tone. “Let us join together and pray for the safety of our U.S. troops and Americans in the Middle East,”
Congress and legal challenges are pushing back, questioning the constitutionality of using emergency powers for broad economic measures like tariffs.