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WHAT IOWANS ARE SAYING: “Miller-Meeks is hurting Iowans” [Newton Daily News]

Iowa City voter: “Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks had an opportunity to be the deciding vote that protects her constituents, but instead sold Iowa out to the top 1 percent.”

Last week, Mariannette Miller-Meeks cast the deciding vote to slash Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in order to give tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy at the expense of her constituents.

Now, Iowans are speaking out about how Miller-Meeks “sold Iowa out to the top 1 percent.”

Read more:

Newton Daily News: Letter to the Editor: Miller-Meeks is hurting Iowans
Eric Kusiak, Iowa City 

  • Trump’s “big, beautiful, bill” passed the House by just one vote. Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks had an opportunity to be the deciding vote that protects her constituents, but instead sold Iowa out to the top 1 percent. This bill provides tax cuts to billionaires on the backs of working-class people and the essential programs that they depend on to survive.
  • For all her grandstanding about this bill tackling “waste, fraud, and abuse”, it adds $3.8 trillion to our national deficit. For all her trumpeting that this bill benefits low-income families, the Penn Wharton Budget Model found that including tax cuts, the bottom 20 percent of earners will in fact pay an additional $1,035 in 2026. For all her boasting that this bill supports small businesses, reports show that job losses may be in the millions.
  • As businesses shut down, parents will pay with the indignity of losing their livelihood. As funds to food banks are cut, children will pay with the pangs of hunger. As Medicaid is cut, patients will pay with their lives.

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