Senator Maria Collett and democratic senators at a press conference opposing the proposed US budget on June 30 (photo of the Capital star: Ian Karbal)
Since the Republicans in the US Senate sought to adopt the signed law on national policy of President Donald Trump, democrats in the state Senate call the legislation “impossible to do”.
“I would not like to remain silent when we look at how far-wing politicians try the greatest restriction of healthcare in America’s history, all the richest 1% of Americans can receive tax reductions in the amount of $ 138 billion,” said Senator Maria Collett (D-Hontgomery) at a press conference on Monday. “My voters call me without interruption, asking me and my colleagues to lose the chaos, which they see in Washington to stand in the scope of access to healthcare and the ability to ensure everyday expenses.”
The draft budget act would make significant cuts of medicaid programs and food assistance programs, while increasing funds to enforce military security, limits and immigration, as well as expanding tax reductions, which primarily bring luxurious Americans. The bill will also eliminate subsidies for pure energy projects, including the number of planned or ongoing in Pennsylvania.
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Impartial Congress Budget Office he estimated The Act will add over $ 3 trillion of the country’s deficit over the next decade and may cause the loss of health insurance of almost 12 million Americans.
The Pennsylvania Department of Social Welfare said that this may cause that over 300,000 Pennsylvania will lose Medicaid insurance, and an additional 270,000 may lose access to the plans of the market of the Act on inexpensive care through Penna with the elimination of increased tax breaks that make monthly insurance accounts more accessible.
“The cuts that leave Washington are not supported,” said Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia), said the chairman of the State Democratic Party. “Medicaid is health insurance for so many most vulnerable people in our community.”
Republicans, however, recognized the cut if necessary.
Dave McCormick, a US senator in Pennsylvania, said that the law does not reduce medicaid, but slows down growth, which he thinks that he ran too quickly. He said that cuts would ensure that the program can continue to protect services for more sensitive populations, such as children, elderly, disabled and mentally ill.
“Medicaid escapes from control,” he said in the town hall at the beginning of this month. “We want to make sure that Medicaid is designed to protect sensitive people for whom it has been designed, and therefore the recipes that are in the Senate would slow down the development of Medicaid. This would not reduce Medicaid.”
The act is transferred by the reconciliation process, which allows Republicans to bypass a filibuster and pass the law by a plain majority of votes.
Since the release of the chamber last month, they have changed significantly when Trump and Republican leaders are trying to placid the duel factions of a divided party, which can only afford to lose a tiny handful of votes.
First of all, the party is divided between members concerned about the general price of the bill, and others are worried about the influence of cuts on programs such as Medicaid and Snap.
From Monday, the Senate is considering dozens of amendments to the Act. If he stays, he will return to the chamber for further correction or final voting.
“It is ugly, painful, painful,” said Senator Vincent Hughes (D-D-Miladelphia), chairman of the minority of the Senate of the Finance Committee. “We, as a Senate Democrats, are now sending a message to people that it is not too late. You can still call. You can still contact the Senator.”
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