How the Big Beautiful Bill became law: Medicaid battle intensifies
In February 2025, Trump said Republicans are “not going to touch” Medicaid. Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), almost immediately used Medicaid as their lead line of attack on the GOP legislation, calling it the “big ugly betrayal.”Rep.
- ▪In February 2025, Trump said Republicans are “not going to touch” Medicaid.
- ▪Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen.
- ▪Patty Murray (D-WA), almost immediately used Medicaid as their lead line of attack on the GOP legislation, calling it the “big ugly betrayal.”Rep.
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When Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) needed a boost, he reached for his 5-hour Energy shots.The soft-spoken 75-year-old chair of the Senate Committee on Finance told the Washington Examiner that the caffeine drinks and a firm Independence Day deadline from the president were the only things keeping him awake in the three sleepless days leading up to July 1, 2025, when the Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Recommended Stories How the Big Beautiful Bill became law: Medicaid battle intensifies Fauci testifies before the Senate: What to know Rand Paul trolls Fauci over diary entries In the weeks and months leading up to those final caffeinated all-nighters, Crapo said the hardest challenge was getting his Republican colleagues to be confident that the Medicaid reforms in the partisan…
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