Overview

• At a Seward, Nebraska town hall on May 27, Rep. Mike Flood conceded he had not read a provision in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that restricts federal judges from enforcing contempt orders, triggering loud jeers and protests.
• Constituents pressed Flood on the bill’s proposed Medicaid and SNAP cuts and its tax breaks for wealthier Americans, warning of deeper hardship and an erosion of checks and balances.
• The Congressional Budget Office projects the legislation could leave 13.7 million people without health insurance by 2034 and add $3.8 trillion to the federal deficit.
• Flood promised to urge Senate colleagues to strip out the controversial judicial contempt clause and defended other reforms as necessary to protect vulnerable populations and curtail benefits for undocumented immigrants.
• Senators are preparing to revise the fast-tracked bill before it returns to the House, as lawmakers nationwide face mounting constituent backlash over its scope and secretive process.