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NEW: Vulnerable Fitzpatrick “In the Hot Seat” As Republicans Advance Major Cuts to Medicaid
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 […]
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Derrick Van Orden’s Wisconsin Republican Party Votes to Enforce 1849 Abortion Ban
At the Wisconsin Republican Convention this weekend, Republican delegates supported a resolution calling to enforce Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law… just as Derrick Van Orden “called for unity among Republicans.” The first thing Van Orden’s “unified” Republican delegates are up to? Chomping at the bit to ban abortion, as the 1849 law – previously interpreted as banning abortion without exceptions […]
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WHAT IA-03 VOTERS ARE READING: “Iowa’s U.S. representatives support bills that cut Medicaid and SNAP” [Iowa Capital Dispatch]
After Zach Nunn “blatantly [went] back on [his] promise to protect food stamp benefits” last week, new reporting from Iowa Capital Dispatch is highlighting his YES vote for drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). Nunn rubberstamped the extreme Republican plan to slash SNAP by nearly $300 billion, even though 31,000 households in IA-03 – 47% of which […]
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WHAT IA-01 VOTERS ARE READING: “Iowa’s U.S. representatives support bills that cut Medicaid and SNAP” [Iowa Capital Dispatch]
IA-01 Nurse Manager: “House Republicans and Miller-Meeks voted to take health care from millions of people including seniors, kids, and veterans to pay for more tax giveaways to the wealthy and corporations.” After Mariannette Miller-Meeks cast a pivotal YES vote last week to advance the largest cuts in Medicaid history so she could pay for […]
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Doubling Down: Kean Jr. Calls Ripping Away Health Care from New Jerseyans “Beautiful”
The vulnerable Republican cast a decisive committee vote last week to advance major cuts to Medicaid New Jersey residents are worried that their access to health care is at risk as Republicans in Congress advance massive cuts to Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. So what does Tom Kean Jr. think about the fact that tens of […]
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COMING SOON: Vulnerable House Republicans to Advance Largest Cut to Medicaid in American History
This week, the increasingly vulnerable, so-called moderate House Republicans are poised to advance the largest cut to Medicaid in American history in order to fund trillions in tax breaks for billionaires. Just this morning, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise admitted that House Republicans will cave to the demands of far-right extremists like Chip Roy and move as […]
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Does Bill Huizinga Approve of Nearly 400,000 Michiganders Losing Health Care Coverage?
Bridge Michigan: “Provisions of the [Republican budget] bill would…result in 239,000 to 398,000 Michiganders losing Medicaid coverage” As Bill Huizinga prepares to deliver a crucial vote for his party’s extreme plan that will cut Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, Michiganders deserve to know: Does Bill Huizinga approve of nearly 400,000 Michiganders […]
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Does Tom Barrett Approve of Nearly 400,000 Michiganders Losing Health Care Coverage?
Bridge Michigan: “Provisions of the [Republican budget] bill would…result in 239,000 to 398,000 Michiganders losing Medicaid coverage” As Tom Barrett prepares to deliver a crucial vote for his party’s extreme plan that will cut Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, Michiganders deserve to know: Does Tom Barrett approve of nearly 400,000 Michiganders […]
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NEW: Derrick Van Orden Calls For Cuts At Department of Veterans Affairs [Raw Story]
Van Orden to VA Secretary Doug Collins: “So when we are going to cut the VA? And I hope you do, sir” New reporting from Raw Story reveals that during a Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing on Thursday, Derrick Van Orden “called for the Trump administration to implement cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs.” While questioning […]
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Juan Ciscomani: A Washington-First, Arizona-Last Republican
Ciscomani admits he hasn’t “drawn any red lines” when it comes to sabotaging thousands of clean energy jobs in his district to pay for billionaire tax cuts If past is prologue, we know Juan Ciscomani will help Republican Party bosses gut clean energy jobs – including the thousands created in Ciscomani’s district by the Inflation Reduction Act […]