Overview

• On June 24 and 25, Capitol Police arrested 33 protesters for illegally demonstrating inside the Russell Senate Office Building and one for crossing a police line, including several wheelchair users who were restrained with flex cuffs.
• Protesters from ADAPT and allied groups occupied Senate corridors, chanting “no cuts to Medicaid” and unfurling banners denouncing President Trump’s budget reconciliation package.
• The One Big Beautiful Bill Act would institute deep Medicaid cuts projected to end coverage for around 10 million low-income Americans over the next decade and add federal work requirements.
• Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has struck down multiple Medicaid-related provisions under the Byrd Rule, prompting last-minute rewrites as the legislation heads to a vote.
• Republican senators are divided over the bill’s political risks, with figures like Thom Tillis warning that steep Medicaid cuts could provoke backlash in rural states before the administration’s July 4 deadline.