Emine Yucel
National Political Reporter at Talking Points Memo
national political reporter @TPM • formerly @washingtonweek & @NewsHour Weekend & @NPR investigations • @MedillSchool & @NUWFencing
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1 week ago |
talkingpointsmemo.com | Emine Yucel
House Republicans included massive cuts to federal social safety net programs, like Medicaid, in the reconciliation package they passed in May. Experts tell TPM that the cuts to the programs amount to an effort to repeal elements of the Affordable Care Act. This week, Senate Republicans signalled they might go even further in that ACA repeal effort than their counterparts in the lower chamber.
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1 week ago |
talkingpointsmemo.com | Emine Yucel
The Senate Finance Committee, which oversees changes made to taxes and social safety net programs like Medicare and Medicaid, dropped their portion of edits to House Republicans’ reconciliation package on Monday afternoon. Committee Republicans propose steeper cuts to certain programs, including Medicaid and the Child Tax Credit, in order to make President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent.
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2 weeks ago |
talkingpointsmemo.com | Emine Yucel
House Republicans narrowly passed the rescission package President Donald Trump sent over last week to Congress in an effort to give an air of legitimacy to the Department of Government Efficiency’s rampage through the federal government.
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2 weeks ago |
talkingpointsmemo.com | Emine Yucel
The massive budget bill that Republicans are currently negotiating in the Senate would do considerable damage to two of the most significant Democratic legislative victories of the last two decades: Obamacare and the Inflation Reduction Act.
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3 weeks ago |
talkingpointsmemo.com | Emine Yucel
Senate Republicans began the work this week of deciphering what exactly House Republicans’ have stuffed into President Trump’s massive spending package — and what elements of it they can live with. One thing is clear: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Republican leadership have their work cut out for them. And in a few key cases, senators might soon find themselves caught between what Trump demands of them, and what’s good for their reelection prospects.
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