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In Boston Forum, Fetterman and McCormick Unite on Gaza Aid but Differ on Tax Cuts

A Fox News–moderated Senate Project session examined humanitarian aid to Gaza, border enforcement reforms, protections for Medicaid recipients alongside debate over the Big Beautiful Bill

Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to reporters in the Senate Subway during a series of confirmation votes for U.S. President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence and completed a procedural vote for the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Senators John Fetterman and David McCormick took part in the sixth Senate Project forum at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Dorchester, moderated by Fox News Sunday anchor Shannon Bream.
  • Both lawmakers condemned Hamas and called for increased humanitarian assistance to Gaza, highlighting rare bipartisan consensus on foreign policy.
  • Fetterman and McCormick clashed over extending the Big Beautiful Bill tax cuts, with McCormick citing economic benefits and Fetterman warning that it could undermine Medicaid and food assistance for vulnerable Americans.
  • Each senator offered contrasting views on border security, as Fetterman criticized his party’s handling of recent migrant flows and McCormick pushed for stricter enforcement measures.
  • Fetterman’s rising national profile has been shadowed by reports of alleged erratic behavior and lapses in his prescribed depression treatment.