Overview

• At a Parkersburg, Iowa, town hall, Ernst brushed off a constituent’s warning that Medicaid cuts would cause deaths by quipping “we all are going to die.”
• On May 31, she posted a mock apology on her Instagram Story—filmed in a cemetery—reiterating her remark and urging viewers to “embrace” Jesus Christ for eternal life.
• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries warned that the GOP’s budget plan would slice $1 trillion from health and food programs and leave an estimated eight million Americans uninsured.
• Critics say the cuts would hurt children, older Americans relying on nursing home care and people with disabilities who depend on Medicaid.
• Some Senate Republicans have signaled they will seek to amend the bill’s Medicaid reductions and other contested provisions.