GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition
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Senate wants more Medicaid cuts in Trump’s bill
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A proposal by Senate Republicans would adjust the pace at which some crucial home energy efficiency and electric vehicle tax credits are phased out in timelines different from what House Republicans proposed in the multitrillion-dollar tax bill they passed last month.
For many families, another key source of savings is the child tax credit. Senate Republicans proposed permanently increasing the credit available to parents, which would be set at $2,200 per child, beginning in the 2025 tax year. House Republicans had proposed to bump up the credit to $2,500, but only through 2028.
Reps. Levi Dean, R-Xenia, and Johnathan Newman, R-Troy, will introduce the "Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act" on June 18. The bill would treat abortion like homicide by granting criminal and civil protections from the point of fertilization.
Cuts to Medicaid and anti-poverty programs wipe out gains low-income households could see from policies like no taxes on tips and overtime, nonpartisan estimates show.
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As the Senate continues to comb through the Big Beautiful Bill, 258 million acres of public land across the western U.S., including large swaths of California, could soon be eligible for sale. A map published by the Wilderness Society,
Top Senate Republicans are running into some resistance from several key senators about the details of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” potentially complicating plans to deliver that package by their own July 4 deadline.
Republicans want to let businesses use a little-known tax credit to pay insurance companies to cover their workers’ leave.
A fresh Republican rift over taxes burst into public view Monday, as New York House Republicans slammed Senate GOP leaders for reportedly backing a plan to preserve the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions.