Former President Biden mentioned that President Trump’s “huge, stunning invoice” is “reckless” and “merciless” after it handed the Home on Thursday.
“The Republican price range invoice shouldn’t be solely reckless — it’s merciless. It slashes Medicaid and takes away well being care from thousands and thousands of Individuals,” Biden said on X.
“It closes rural hospitals and cuts meals help for our veterans and seniors. It jacks up power payments. And it might set off deep cuts to Medicare whereas driving up the deficit by $4 trillion. All of this to provide an enormous tax break to billionaires,” he added. “Working individuals deserve higher.”
On Thursday, Home Republicans handed the core of Trump’s home coverage agenda, that includes sweeping tax cuts, an immigration crackdown, a lift in energy production and significant cuts in Medicaid.
The invoice made its manner by Congress regardless of fierce opposition from Democrats and some Republicans.
In a publish on X Thursday, the Home Democrats said on their official account that their GOP colleagues “simply handed their One Huge Ugly Invoice that rewards billionaires whereas throwing 17 million Individuals off their medical insurance.”
“Individuals will get sicker. Hospitals will shut. Youngsters and seniors will go hungry,” they added.
Home Republican leadership reveled in the megabill’s passage on Thursday, saying in a press release that “Republicans in Congress have succeeded in our mission to enact President Trump’s America First agenda.”
“And importantly, we did it in file time, in order that the consequences of this nation-shaping laws will be felt by the American individuals as quickly as potential,” they added.