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Fitzpatrick has voted in lockstep with his GOP colleagues’ plan to rip away health insurance from Bucks County residents to fund tax cuts for billionaires
Pressure is mounting on vulnerable Republican Brian Fitzpatrick after he voted to greenlight the largest cuts to Medicaid in history in order to fund trillions in tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy.
The Bucks County Beacon is highlighting how Fitzpatrick is “in the hot seat” and under fire back home, with his constituents worried that they will lose access to the health care they depend on. The President of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania warned that 26 out of 31 nursing homes in Bucks County rely on Medicaid funding.
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Bucks County Beacon: Democrats Keep Pressure on Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick as Republican Budget Vote Looms
By Naomi Weiss
May 18, 2025
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Pennsylvania Democrats are calling on Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick to break with his party and vote against the GOP budget that looks to gift massive tax breaks for billionaires and millionaires by gutting Medicaid.
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“Even if Brian Fitzpatrick … votes against this, we need to understand that Brian Fitzpatrick is the reason we’re here,” [State Representative Malcolm] Kenyatta said. “The Republicans continue to have a very tight majority in the House. And so people like him, had they stood up in January, had they stood up in February, had they stood up in March, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation with this particular budget framework.”
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Republican lawmakers representing swing districts, including Fitzpatrick, are in the hot seat as their votes could decide whether or not the bill with massive cuts to social programs is passed in the House.
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In nine years, the proposed medicaid cuts, according to the Center for American Progress, would cut $1.31 billion in Medicaid and CHIP funding from Bucks County, along with reducing enrollment by 25,000 people. Health care for seniors is also on the chopping block, with 26 out of 31 Bucks County nursing homes relying on Medicaid.
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“He puts up these signs during election time about how he’s the most bipartisan, moderate member of Congress,” Kenyatta said. “A part of what we need to do at this moment is not allow Brian or Rob Bresnahan or Ryan McKenzie to continue to position themselves with a label that they have not earned.”
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“I don’t think Brian Fitzpatrick is going to grow a spine,” Kenyatta said […]
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On May 10, Senator Ruben Gallego and the DNC hosted a medicaid town hall in Bucks County, which featured Kenyatta and Street. As soon as the Q&A section was announced, about 20 attendees lined up behind the two microphones, speaking their own truths and representing the county’s apprehensions.
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“They were really concerned about health care,” Street said. “And the Medicaid expansion population that so many congressional Republicans are talking about going after, that population is a lot of working people, people who work at jobs that just don’t have health care.”
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