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Ranking member says House Budget Committee tax bill would cut health care for almost 14 million Americans
Summary
An unidentified ranking member of the House Budget Committee told the House the committee advanced a tax bill late Sunday that would "cut almost 14,000,000 Americans off their health care" and reduce food assistance; the member urged Republicans to sign a discharge petition to force a floor vote on the "Hands off Medicaid and SNAP Act," which currently has 211 Democratic signatures.
An unidentified ranking member of the House Budget Committee told the House that the committee advanced late Sunday a tax bill that would “cut almost 14,000,000 Americans off their health care” and cause millions more to lose food assistance.
The speaker said the bill was carried out of committee with only Republican votes and framed the measure as a way to “help pay for tax cuts for billionaires.” They said an attempt to pass the measure Friday failed after several hard-line conservative committee members…
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