Overview

• Senate GOP leaders and the National Republican Senatorial Committee have urged senators to highlight no taxes on tips, Social Security, and overtime during the August recess.
• House and Senate Democrats have rolled out national digital and television ads framing the law’s Medicaid and SNAP cuts as a threat to working-class families.
• Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that a $9.4 billion rescissions package could derail bipartisan negotiations on the 12 appropriations bills needed before the September 30 funding deadline.
• Nonpartisan projections estimate the reconciliation package will increase the federal deficit by about $3.4 trillion over ten years while cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid spending and trimming SNAP funding.
• With tax breaks already in effect and safety-net reductions delayed until after the midterms, both parties view voter outreach now as pivotal to shaping perceptions of the new law’s long-term impacts.