Washington – The house adopted Knapp a Budget resolution Tuesday evening paved the way for massive tax and expenditure cuts that President Trump applied for. Several Republicans in California are brought into a difficult position through future potential cuts for popular programs such as Medicaid.
The vote took place after weeks of the intensive dispute by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) And an extraordinary evening of voting, to which the legislators were initially sent home, only to be called back minutes later in order to submit their votes via the controversy proposal . MP Thomas Massie from Kentucky was the only Republican who voted against the measure and joined every Democrat. The final resolution went 217 to 215.
Johnson presented a budget blueprint in the form of “A big, nice bill” Supported by Trump, the goals for government expenditure and income that would enable the Republicans to adopt more detailed laws later this year.
The aim of the speaker was to present the first major legislative package to the priorities that Trump demonstrated in his many executive regulations, including the financing of the priorities, which he intends to increase, reduce taxes and strengthen the economy. The resolution corresponds to tax breaks of 4.5 trillion dollars and spending cuts of 2 trillion dollars over 10 years.
The proposal indicates certain committees to determine where they are to be reduced. One of the most controversial programs for large cuts is Medicaid that finances health care more than 72 million Americans. The energy and trade committee responsible for Medicaid has the task of reducing $ 880 billion.
Republicans, the swing congress districts in California represent the representatives David Valadao (R-Hanford), Young Kim (R-Anaheim Hills) and Ken Calvert (R-Corona)-to support the agenda of their party and sit down for potentially serious flashbacks before in their home communities, around Medicaid agree.
In the 22nd Congress district of Valadao in particular, 67% of the population are on Medi-Cal, as Medicaid is known in California-the highest percentage in the state UC Berkeley Labor Center.
The residents gather in Southern California to decipher the upcoming cuts. “Rep. Young Kim, don't take our health care away on Tuesday! “Called a sign on Monday with a protest from Orange County.
“The Republican Budget will decrease the health care of millions of working Americans and even children to pay a tax reduction, according to House Democratic Caucus, said at a press conference on Tuesday.” This voice not only opens the door for Medicaid cuts, but also guaranteed she.”
On Tuesday, the family repeatedly emphasized that the budget overview does not contain any cuts against Medicaid. However, Johnson refused to fully finance the program and instead laid the foundation for the justification of future cuts.
“Everyone is committed to preserving Medicare advantages for those who urgently need and deserve it and deserve it,” said Johnson. “We speak of exterminating fraud, waste and abuse.”
Whether the bill would make it to the house floor was in question in the late Tuesday Johnson raced around the chamber The attempt to support support with its close republican majority. Trump also asked himself to support the legislator to support the measure.
At one point, the owner described the last vote of the evening without taking up the budget proposal, and the legislators left the chambers to go home. But less than 15 minutes later the vote was switched on again. House Peithaben hurry to their members in a hurry: “Turn back to the ground immediately.”
The democratic leaders asked all of their members to vote against the budget proposal and forced the Republicans to plunge behind Johnson – including most of them. MP Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) Returned from maternity leave to coordinate in the house and cradle her baby, which was born less than a month ago. MP Kevin Mulllin (D-South San Francisco) had to “literally leave his hospital bed in California” in order to coordinate with a uniform democratic front, said the house minority whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.).
After more than 30 minutes of voting, Adam Gray (D-Merced), who achieved a victory over the reigning Republican John Duarte in November, entered the room.
“Gray! Gray!” His democratic colleagues called on the ground and called him to give up his voice in good time. His voice registered seconds before the hammer.
After it is adopted, the budget will enter into committees to develop the details. In addition to the Republicans who were worried about Medicaid, others who dealt with public debt hoped for deeper spending cuts.
The Democrats confiscated the potential hits for Medicaid in the past few weeks, whereby the democratic congress campaign committee informed supporters at the weekend in an e -mail that the Republican wanted to “tear down” health care and food from American families.
The congress has until March 14th to adopt a budget or risk A Government.