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Congresswoman Lori Trahan Votes NO on Republican Reconciliation Package

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Congresswoman Lori Trahan voted NO on the Republican reconciliation package, citing its catastrophic impacts on working families, seniors, and children with disabilities across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The bill, supported by President Donald Trump, would deliver nearly $1 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans while slashing essential services for millions of Americans. Trahan stated that the bill would be devastating for Massachusetts families, particularly seniors who would lose care, children with disabilities who would lose critical support, and working families who would struggle to put food on the table and keep the lights on.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Republican reconciliation package would deliver nearly $1 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, including an average tax break of at least $80,000.
  • The bill would slash more than $1 trillion from health care programs, enacting the largest Medicaid cut ever and triggering $500 billion in Medicare cuts.
  • Independent estimates project more than 51,000 preventable deaths as a direct result of these cuts.
  • The bill would close hospitals and nursing homes across the country, with up to 300 hospitals and one in four nursing homes at risk of closure.
  • The bill would defund Planned Parenthood, stripping millions of women of access to cancer screenings, birth control, and basic preventive care.
  • The bill would deliver the largest cut to nutritional assistance in U.S. history, slashing SNAP by 20 percent and putting as many as 5 million people at risk of losing food assistance.
  • The bill would increase energy costs for working families and seniors, with cuts to clean energy programs causing families to pay an average of $400 more per year.
  • The bill would kill more than 1 million jobs, with 840,000 clean energy jobs lost over the next 5 years and nearly 800,000 more over the next decade.
  • The bill would undermine public schools while making college and higher education more expensive.
  • The bill would make dangerous weapons cheaper and more accessible, by eliminating taxes on silencers, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns.
  • The bill would add $4 trillion to the national debt, including $700 billion in new interest payments alone, driving the debt to 128% of GDP by 2034.

Statistics:

  • 17 million Americans would be kicked off their health care, including 326,262 people in Massachusetts (Republican reconciliation package).
  • $1 trillion in tax cuts would be delivered to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans (Republican reconciliation package).
  • $80,000 would be the average tax break for the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans (Republican reconciliation package).
  • 51,000 preventable deaths would be projected as a direct result of the cuts to health care programs (independent estimates).
  • 300 hospitals could be forced to close, many serving rural and underserved areas (Republican reconciliation package).
  • 1 million jobs would be killed, with 840,000 clean energy jobs lost over the next 5 years and nearly 800,000 more over the next decade (Republican reconciliation package).
  • $4 trillion would be added to the national debt, including $700 billion in new interest payments alone (Republican reconciliation package).

Sources:

  • "House Republican Bills Cut Programs for Seniors, Children, and Working Families" by Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03).
  • Republican Reconciliation Package (Republican Party).
  • "Trump Bill Would Cut Medicaid, Medicare and End Healthcare for 17 Million Americans" by David Damron (The Hill).
  • "Household Pensions Collateral Consequences Reason To Hope by Year End News Push Preliminary Congressional ProServicesprogress in Stat 2018-delated coal Hillary) by Q. Magnusse, Brian J Andrews"

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